Montenegro: need to deal with accumulating domestic challenges2013-06-18
Description:European Commission MEMO Brussels, 18 June 2013 Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle met with Prime Minister of Montenegro Milo Djukanović in Brussels today. The main focus of their discussions was the political situation in the country and progress in accession negotiations.

UfM: new support for facilitating trade with the South Mediterranean2013-06-17
Description:European Commission Press release Brussels, 17 June 2013 On the occasion of his third visit to the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean, Commissioner Füle has announced new support for a programme for the South Mediterranean region. Called “Logismed Training Activities”, the programme has been launched today in Barcelona.

Speak Up!2 conference on media freedom in the Western Balkans and Turkey2013-06-17
Description:European Commission Press release Brussels, 17 June 2013 To assess the challenges faced by the media in the countries of the Western Balkans and Turkey, the European Commission is organising a second SpeakUp! conference on 20 June in Brussels.

Statement by High Representative Catherine Ashton and Commissioner Stefan Füle on the parliamentary elections in Albania on 23 June 20132013-06-17
Description:European Commission MEMO Brussels, 17 June 2013 "The parliamentary elections in Albania on 23 June represent a crucial test for the country's democratic institutions and its progress towards the European Union. We continue to monitor closely the preparations of the elections stressing the need to hold them in line with...

Speech - On the need to support concrete projects for the success of Union for Mediterranean2013-06-17
Description:European Commission Štefan Füle European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Speech - Union for the Mediterranean Secretariat/ Barcelona, Spain 17 June 2013 Dear Ministers, dear Secretary General, Dear Vice President of the European Investment Bank, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, I am honoured to be here again in Barcelona speaking...

Press points by Commissioner Štefan Füle following his meeting with Iurie Leancă Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova2013-06-14
Description:European Commission MEMO Brussels, 14 June 2013 ''This was my first meeting with Iurie Leanca in his new capacity as Moldovan Prime Minister I have wished him good luck. He has a challenging task. I appreciate that Prime Minister´s first trip abroad led to Brussels.

Statement by the spokespersons of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton and Commissioner Štefan Füle on the adoption by the Human Rights Council of a resolution on human rights in Belarus2013-06-14
Description:European Commission MEMO Brussels, 14 June 2013 The spokespersons of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Commissioner Štefan Füle made today the following statement: "We welcome yesterday's adoption by the Human Rights Council of a resolution on Belarus by a solid majority of...

Iceland: first meeting with the new Foreign Minister2013-06-13
Description:European Commission MEMO Brussels, 13 June 2013 Press points by Štefan Füle Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy following his meeting with Mr Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iceland: ''Good afternoon, And once again, welcome Minister.

Crucial moment in EU-Turkey relations2013-06-12
Description:European Commission Štefan Füle European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Debate on Turkey at the Plenary Session of the European Parliament, Strasbourg 12 June 2013 "I was in Istanbul last week to address a conference on the future of European Union-Turkey relations.

European Investment Bank and Kosovo* sign Framework Agreement2013-06-07
Description:Commission Press release Brussels/Pristina, 7 June 2013 European Today, Mr Anton Rop, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), and Kosovo’s Finance Minister, Mr Besim Beqaj, signed a Framework Agreement governing future EIB activities in Kosovo, in the presence of the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Mr Hashim Thaçi, and the Head...