Young Bosnian linguists are promoting studying of the Bosnian language, while Republika Srpska says Bosnian is only a variant of Croatian. An association of young linguists and translators in Bosnia-Herzegovina several months ago created a web site ‘bosanski.ba’, but lately they are being attacked by linguists from the Bosnian Serb …

Bulgarian Finance Minister, Plamen Oresharski, has stated that fast-track entry into the euro zone is not Bulgaria’s first priority, after coming out of a meeting of the EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) in Brussels late Tuesday. “It (euro membership) is not our first priority – our first priority …

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Danish prime minister, appears set to become the new Secretary-General of NАТО, following a private agreement by the leaders of Britain, France and Germany to back his candidacy. In a move that would place Mr Rasmussen at the centre of the west’s drive to win the …