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Vojislav Seselj will today continue his closing argument before the Hague Tribunal, where he is on trial for war crimes in Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia. Seselj’s closing argument was pushed last week from Monday and Tuesday to Wednesday and Thursday, after he underwent a second surgery when the defibrillator he …

Greece’s Parliament is set to approve the country’s new international bailout agreement late Tuesday. The  $226 billion rescue package has already been approved at committee level. It is expected to pass with the support of the majority Socialists and conservative New Democracy, coalition partners in the government headed by Lucas …

The governments of Bulgaria and Turkey are going to hold their first ever joint sitting on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Turkey will be the fourth country, with which Bulgaria will have a joint Cabinet sitting, after similar sittings with the Cabinets of Greece in 2010, and Israel and Romania in …

Shemsi Nuhiu, a former member of Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, will be extradited to Serbia after Swiss courts rejected his appeal not to be sent for trial in Serbia.

Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos he is resigning to lead the PASOK to general elections. “We have elections ahead and I had this morning the opportunity in a farewell meeting at the finance ministry to give my last instructions,” Venizelos said after he met with Greek President Karolos Papoulias. The …

Croatia has appointed its first Members of the European parliament, who will immediately have the right to participate in sessions but not to vote until Croatia joins the EU next July. The new Croatian MEPs were chosen on the basis of the last general election results held on December 4.

Skopje government is ready for high-level dialogue with the EU, since it has been waiting for the talks to start for a long time, said Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. “We are ready for this dialogue, as well as for the pre-accession talks, which was our goal. We hope that …

Catherine Ashton and Stefan Fule congratulates Moldova after electing new president: “We welcome the successful outcome of the presidential election in Chisinau, by which the members of the Moldovan Parliament have demonstrated their sense

Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos was elected as the new leader of the socialist PASOK party on Sunday in internal elections, ahead of the early general polls due later this spring. Over 200,000 party members participated in the

Bulgaria is seeking a deal with Turkey to construct a short pipeline connecting the countries’ domestic gas networks. The issue is expected to be discussed when