Croatian President Stjepan Mesic has mandated former Deputy Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor to form a new centre-right coalition government following the surprise resignation of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader last week. “Jadranka Kosor has shown evidence that states that she has the needed majority support in the current assembly,” news agencies …

Matthew Nimetz, the UN mediator in the Greek-Macedonia “name” talks, arrives in Skopje today to commence a fresh round of consultations on a dispute that has kept the country from NATO membership. Media speculate that the UN mediator will not bring any new name proposals for Macedonia to the table.

Milorad Dodik, prime minister of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity of Republika Srpska, has told Serbian media that Bosnian Serbs are hoping to play an active role in Serbia’s next parliamentary elections. “We are not seeking integration that would mean major participation in Serbia’s political life, but we’d like for our people …