Kosovo’s parliament backed a no-confidence motion Tuesday, bringing down the government that led the country to independence from Serbia in 2008 and triggering early elections within 45 days. The landlocked Balkan country’s political turmoil in recent weeks follows the resignation of the president and collapse of a government coalition led …

The recently published Russian government strategy paper for the North Caucasus chooses to focus solely on the socio-economic development of the region. The refusal to address key political or religious issues undermines the whole rationale for the document, laments Sergei Markedonov for openDemocracy. On 4 October 2010 the Russian Federation …

Following attempts to send bombs to foreign embassies yesterday, more have been targeted in Greece. This morning, a device exploded at the Swiss embassy in Athens. It had been