The head of the European Union delegation in Tirana, Luigi Brusa, appeals for consensus between Albania’s politicians, as the country struggles to emerge from more than

A team of 120 groups, consisting of officials from embassies in Kosovo co-ordinated by the head of the International Civilian Office Pieter Feith, will monitor Sunday’s (December 12th) snap elections process.

Armenia’s parliament will discuss Thursday the possibility of recognizing breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh’s independence, yet many admit that international considerations effectively preclude Yerevan from making any such acknowledgement.