ROME, Italy The European Commission (EC) will approve Albania’s request for EU candidate status this summer, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini was quoted as saying by Albanian media on Wednesday (July 22nd). Tirana applied for candidate status in late April. “Albania’s early request cannot stay locked in a drawer … …

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Bosnian Serb television RTRS aired on Wednesday (July 22nd) footage allegedly proving crimes committed by Bosnian Muslim forces against Serb prisoners of war in 1994. The video shows General Atif Dudakovic ordering his troops to shoot two captured soldiers dead. Three years ago, Republika Srpska …

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) A new survey by Transparency International concludes BiH is the most corrupt country in the region, according to results released on Wednesday (July 22nd). Corruption is widespread both in Republika Srpska and in the Federation of BiH, according to findings collected over the past two …