April 10 | Brussels Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania to sign the Agreement on facilitation of the visa regime with the EU
April 11 | Brussels Serbia to sign the agreement on facilitation of the visa regime with the EU April 12 | Zagreb European Commissioner for Justice, Franco Frattini, visits Croatia where he will meet with president Stjepan Mesic, PM Ivo Sanader, Justice Minister, Ana Lovrin and participate in the meeting of Justice and Interior ministers on South east Europe cooperation process. April 12 | Strasbourg European Court of Human Rights' (ECHR) notification in writing of 45 Chamber judgments on Croatia and Bulgaria
April 12-13 | Athens 10th round Table of Ombudsmen and the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights will discuss strengthening cooperation to support the long term effectiveness of the European Convention's control mechanisms
April 13-14 | Zagreb Council meeting and Round table on the EU integration of South East Europe April 14 | Istanbul
Presentation of new film award of the Council of Europe (FACE) at the Istanbul Film Festival: award by the Council of Europe to the film that best reflects the Council's values of respect for human rights
April 14-15 | Brussels 1st Balkan Festival in Brussels: BALKAN TRAFIK presents traditional and electro artists form South East Europe, food and documentary movies at the "Bozar". The festival features Esma Redzepova, Kocani orkestar, Kal and many others from allover the region. More infohere April 16-17 | Brussels Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Mrs Gabriela Konevska visits EU headquarters. She will meet Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn on the 16th (press briefing around 15:30 at the VIP Corner). Mrs Konevska will meet Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini, and the new Commissioner Kuneva on the 17th: no press opportunity. Meetings at the European Parliament with MEP Doris Pack (16th) and Eric Meijer, rapporteur for Macedonia (17th). April 16 | The Hague Start of the process against Ljube Boskovski, Former Minister of Interior of Macedonia in the International Court Tribunal for Yugoslavia
April 16 | Brussels Croatian NGO day hosted in Residence Palace in Brussels in the Maelbeek Room will gather 25 representatives of the Croatian civil society on the topic: strengthening ties between the EU and Croatian civil society. From 09 to 13:00 April 18 | Brussels Release of the report on Macedonia by Member of the European Parliament and rapporteur on Macedonia, Eric Meijer.
April 18 | Belgrade Business Advisory Council (BAC) for South east Europe April 18-19 | Belgrade Second Broadband Conference for South east Europe, organized by the Stability Pact April 19 | Brussels Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn meets Mrs Arzuhan Yalcindag, President of the Turkish association of entrepreneurs and industrials. April 19-20 | Brussels Justice and Home Affairs Council of the EU
April 20-22 | Ohrid
Vienna Economic Forum April 22 | France
First round of the presidential elections in France April 23-24 | Luxemburg General Affairs and External relations Council (GAERC) of the EU April 23-24 | San Marino Conference on intercultural and interreligious dialogue of the Council of EuropeApril 23-29 | Strasbourg Plenary session of the European Parliament April 24 | Strasbourg Press conference by Member of the parliament, Mark Pieper on structural funds and future enlargements at 14:00 April 25 | Strasbourg Progress report on Croatia for 2006 by Member of the European Parliament, Hannes Swoboda from 09:00 to 11:20 in the Plenary Chamber April 25-26 | Pristina Kosovo business and investment summit, at Grand Hotel Pristina - more details here April 25-27 | Pristina Mission of the Ambassadors of the Security Council of the United Nations to Kosovo April 26 | Brussels Srdjan Kerim, future president of the General Assembly of the United Nations and former Macedonian Foreign Minister will meet Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn. No further details at the moment April 26-27 | Oslo NATO Foreign ministers to discuss Kosovo and the future of NATO in the province at the yearly informal meeting REPORT ON ALBANIAN MAFIA 2007 BY THE FRENCH DEPARTMENT ON CONTEMPORARY CRIMINAL THREATS. CLICK HERE (in french) April 30 | Washington EU-USA Summit |