Poor market conditions force Bucharest to change plans to sell a minority stake in the Transgaz gas companyRomania is to cancel plans to sell a 15-per-cent stake in the gas pipeline operator, Transgaz, as agreed with the International Monetary Fund, citing poor conditions on the stock market. “The stock market …

Bulgaria’s right-wing Democrats for Strong Bulgaria party (DSB) is to establish an initiative committee against the development of nuclear energy in the country through the construction of the Belene nuclear power plant project. DSB will thus take part in the ongoing debate surrounding the upcoming referendum that will decide the …

A coalition of local NGOs dubbed “Coalition for Life” held a march on Sunday in Skoplje in order, as they say, to raise awareness amongst Macedonia’s youth about the importance of marriage and child bearing.Several thousand people brought their children along to attend the march in central Skopje, held just …

Romania’s leaders are at odds over whether the country has a right to threaten to veto EU budget changes at the upcoming European Council meeting.Romania is threatening to veto the EU budget if the European Commission’s planned cuts to the budget for the next seven years slash farming and development …

The verdict on Croatia’s former prime minister, Ivo Sanader, in the first of two trials for bribery will be delivered on November 20, presiding judge of County Court in Zagreb Ivan Turudic announced on Thursday.Sanader is charged with taking half a million euro in bribes from Austria’s Hypo bank in …

Tens of thousands of Croats gathered at the main square in the capital to greet army generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac after they were acquitted of war crimes charges in the Hague.Euphoric Croats waved national flags and held up photos of the generals along with banners reading “Pride of …

The government has launched a bid to verify exactly who was in the Kosovo Liberation Army – amid disagreements over the numbers involved in the independence fight.Agim Ceku, Security Forces Minister, who is leading the governmental commission on the status verification of KLA veterans, members and internees, said: “Applications for …

Three ministers being investigated for possible conflicts of interest have rejected the claims, accusing the country’s anti-corruption agency of playing politics.Three ministers from the centre-left government are denying accusations from the anti-graft body, the National Integrity Agency, ANI, regarding alleged conflicts of interest and corruption. “I am innocent. I’ve decided …

Twenty years after the end of wars in the Balkans the Serbian society still refuses to face up to the past, a round table discussion concludes.The round table named “ What is transitional justice in Serbia?” was held on Tuesday and it was organised by the Helsinki Committee for Human …

Radimir Cacic resigned on Wednesday after a court in Hungary sentenced him to 22 months in prison for killing two persons in a car accident in January 2010.Cacic crushed a car in Hungary on January 8, 2010, while driving on the Zagreb-Budapest motorway. Two persons died. In September 2011, a …