Nations in Transit for 2008, a report published by the US-based rights watchdog Freedom House, has criticised Albania for failing to uphold the separation of powers between politics and the law. The report says the separation of powers between the legislature, executive, and judiciary remains fragile and is intermittently damaged …

The European Commission urged Macedonia to appoint a new official in charge of EU affairs as soon as possible. The appeal came after Macedonia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Ivica Bocevski, who was in charge of EU integrations, resigned on Tuesday. “We are awaiting additional information to find out who will be …

The new Swedish Presidency of the European Union warned Albanian political leaders that it was carefully monitoring the aftermath of Sunday’s parliamentary elections. “The final assessment of the elections will depend, to a significant extent, on the conduct of the vote count, the aggregation of results, and the handling of …