login
login

Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10280

18 December 2010
EUROPEAN COUNCIL / (eu) eu/european council
Montenegro is recognised as “candidate country”

Brussels, 17/12/2010 (Agence Europe) - As predicted (see yesterday's EUROPE), EU heads of state and government decided on Friday 17 December to follow the European Commission's recommendation and to grant Montenegro the official status of “candidate country”. The country is the fifth to have this status, after Croatia, Turkey and Iceland (which are already negotiating accession) and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), which is still waiting for a date for opening talks....

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
EUROPEAN COUNCIL
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
SUPPLEMENT