In Balkans, threat of Islamic radicalisation, Russian influence converge
The White House says violent extremism and Russian aggression in Ukraine are two of the greatest challenges to U.S. national
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Europe
Romanian anti-corruption prosecutors seek green light to arrest former finance minister
Romania’s Anti-Corruption Department (DNA) has sent the country’s prosecutor-general a report in which it asks the top magistrate to notify
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Putin’s latest Crimea spin attempts new narrative
As Russia marks the one-year anniversary of Crimea’s annexation from neighboring Ukraine, the Kremlin is putting forth a new narrative
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Serbia arrests seven linked to Srebrenica massacre
Serbian police have arrested seven people suspected of involvement in the July 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia, when 8000 Muslim
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Bulgarian, Austrian presidents back European integration of western Balkans
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev and his Austrian counterpart and host in Vienna, Heinz Fischer, have stated the position shared by
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Ukrainian leaders travel abroad in search of political, financial and military support
Ukrainian authorities have made a new push this week to get international financial and political support, as well as weapons.
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US, Germany vow new sanctions if Moscow fails to honour Ukraine cease-fire
The United States and Germany have vowed to continue punishing Russia with economic sanctions for its annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean
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Ukraine’s president presses Germany ahead of key EU summit
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko, seeking Western military aid to end a pro-Russian rebellion in his homeland, has arrived in Germany
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Romania and Poland vow to join forces to beef up Nato’s Eastern flanks
Romanian president Klaus Iohannis and his host Polish president Bronislaw Komorowski agreed in a joint statement on March 12 that
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