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13.07.2006 Ukrainian diplomats in Brussels say political chaos in Kiev will not derail the country's EU accession goal, but the EU's frostiness on further enlargement - with some member states keen to fix final borders -

Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-Accession (ISPA) is one of the three financial instruments of the European Union (along with Phare and Sapard) to assist the candidate countries in the preparation for accession. It provides assistance for infras

The Phare programme is one of the three pre-accession instruments financed by the European Union to assist the applicant countries of Central and Eastern Europe in their preparations for joining the European Union.

TAIEX is the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Instrument of the Institution Building unit of Directorate-General Enlargement of the European Commission.

TACIS is an abbreviation of "Technical Aid to the Commonwealth of Independent States" program, an institutional restructuring programme implemented by the European Commission.

ENP FAQ: General questions, geographical coverage, the ENP Action Plans and their implementation, funding of ENP. Highly recommendable

General survey over the EU's legislative instruments and preparatory acts concerning the European Neighbourhood Policy with short descriptions and links to the documents.

An excellent article analysing the relations EU-EFTA/EEA, the Europan Neighbourhood Policy and the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and moreover describing and explaining the various financial cooperation and assistance programmes(CARDS, TACIS, MEDA, ACP, A

Access to public brochures of the EU. Most of them available for download as PDF files or addresses given to receive printed copies. Good starting point to get first information on the various policy areas and EU/ institutions in general.

Portal for Journalists dealing with the EU. Access to core information concerning the EU. Extensive link library with many specific links for journalists dealing with the EU.

Press service of the European Parliament with own Audiovisual service and several extremely useful sources.

13.07.2006: A new report finds Montenegro lagging in basic governance standards.

EU for journalists quiz

The EUobserver.com is the largest online daily news site focused on the European Union.

This is the website for the Public Opinion Analysis sector of the European Commission. Since 1973, the European Commission has been monitoring the evolution of public opinion in the Member States, thus helping the preparation of texts, decision-making a

Around 5000 articles (Juli 2006) about various aspects of the European Union

News and excellent background informations covering all aspects of European Union polity, politics and policies