All border checkpoints on the Bulgarian – Greek border have been open and traffic is normal. At the present there is no problem with crossing the border but is expected border checkpoints to be blocked again later in the day, head of the District Border Service Commissary Todor Georgiev said. …

The Georgian government has adopted a new strategy toward S. Ossetia and Abkhazia which excludes any use of military force against its former breakaway regions. The document, which calls for peaceful means of conflict resolution and increased cooperation with the residents of the two regions, will be sent in the …

The European Union enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn urged Bosnian authorities to adopt a census law, warning that a failure to do so could affect the country’s position in the international community. “The lack of a census in 2011 would be unfortunate for Bosnia and Herzegovina in terms of its EU …