PRISTINA, Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu called on UNMIK to shut down its mission, in his annual address to parliament Thursday (July 9th). “It can be called a successful story of the international commitment in Kosovo,” Sejdiu said.

L’AQUILA, Italy President Barack Obama and his aides were on the defensive at the G-8 summit here Thursday after developing countries attending a 17-nation climate change forum refused to commit to specific goals to reduce their output of greenhouse gases. Taken together with a G-8 statement Wednesday that sidestepped any …

Georgia has been accused of flying spy planes over its breakaway region of Abkhazia for the first time since the war there last August.The Abkhaz authorities say two drones entered their air space on Wednesday.The Georgian government denied the claims and said the planes must have been Russian.