European Union Enlargement commissioner, Olli Rehn (centre) with participants, Robert Bosch Stiftung & Thomson Reuters Foundation staff at the European Commission in Brussels
Reuters/Thierry Roge
By Kole Casule from Macedonia (course participant)
Brussels – European Union enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn met a group of journalists from the Balkan region attending the 'Economic and Political Reporting from Southeast Europe' course jointly organized by Thomson Reuters Foundation and Robert Bosch Stiftung.
The 12 journalists from Serbia, Bosnia, Albania, Macedonia, Kosovo, Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria met the Commissioner during the group's 3-day visit to Brussels aimed at learning the way the complicated European Union institutions work.
The Commissioner reassured the journalists, interested about the faith of their countries on the way towards the EU, the block was fully committed to continue the enlargement process, despite the problems it faces with the global financial turmoil.
The Balkans' reporters attended the 2-week journalism course in London and Brussels and will go to Berlin and Frankfurt for 2 weeks in September where they will do the second part of the training programme.
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