ATHENS, Greece A strong earthquake registering 5.9 on the Richter scale was registered south of the island of Crete on Wednesday (July 1st). The epicentre was 30km deep in the Mediterranean Sea, about 450km southeast of Athens. A second quake, registering 4.5, occurred several minutes later. No injuries or damage …

WASHINGTON, United State Democracy watchdog Freedom House said on Tuesday (June 30th) that democratic development in Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Albania is stable, while a drop is seen in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). In its 13th report on “Nations in Transit”, the organisation described 2008 as a generally …

BELGRADE, Serbia Though voting is more than four months away, President Boris Tadic said on Wednesday (July 1st) no protections are in place for the Serb minority to participate in Kosovo’s November local elections. Nor, he said, would there be any guarantee that Serbs would have any legitimacy in Kosovo …