EU Presidency

EU and Croatia conclude accession negotiations

 EU delegation leader János Martonyi, EU Commissioner for Enlargement Štefan Füle and Foreign Affairs Minister Gordan Jandrokovič, have officially concluded the chapters on judiciary and fundamental rights, financial and budgetary provisions, competition policy and other issues, which marks the end of the 35 chapters accession negotiations. In the press conference, Mr Martonyi highlighted that these chapters were very complex, and their conclusion meant that Croatia had managed to deliver a wide range of performance benchmarks.

Hungarian wines at the Eastern Partnership summit

 The Eastern Partnership Summit will be held in Warsaw on 29-30 September, during Poland's EU Presidency.Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán are expecting the heads of state and government of the six Eastern Partnership states (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine), and the leaders of the twenty-seven EU Member States in the Polish capital.