Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who hosts the International Monetary Fund/World Bank annual meeting, wants to show that his $600 billion economy can survive the global crisis without IMF money. Turkey has been the fund’s biggest borrower this decade, drawing about $43 billion to help recapitalize more than 20 …

Albanian Socialists Opposition decided to go on protest, unsatisfied with the government’s refusal to investigate alleged manipulations in the number of vote counting at the elections held on 28 June. Socialists Leader Edi Rama urged the people to massive protesting on 10 October.

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) will officially hand in its action plan for NATO membership. The action plan will be handed to NATO Secretary General Andres Faugh Rasmussen by the Chairman of BiH presidency Zeljko Komshic. Head of NATO quarters in BiH, Sabat Eric said that the country satisfies some of …