The IMF announced on Saturday (July 3rd) it has agreed to extend a 913.2m-euro tranche of Romania’s 13.6 billion-euro anti-crisis loan. The Fund’s Board of Directors decided to extend the money after reviewing Romania’s implementation of its anti-crisis programme, which was approved in May 2009. The IMF says the government …

Malta has ratified Serbia’s Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the EU, Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic announced on Friday (July 2nd), making Malta the second country after Spain to do so. According to an earlier announcement, Italy has started the ratification process, while Austria, Denmark, Finland and Poland plan to launch …

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Ukrainian leaders Friday that the door to membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance remains open. Mrs. Clinton alluded to the newly elected Ukrainian government’s closer alignment to Moscow and