ZAGREB, Croatia — Prime Minister Ivo Sanader urged the EU on Saturday (March 14th) not to succumb to what he described as Slovenia’s “blackmail”, which has blocked Zagreb’s accession to the EU over the border dispute between the two countries.

TIRANA, Albania — Prime Minister Sali Berisha announced on Saturday (March 14th) that he will leave politics if his ruling Democratic Party (DP) loses the parliamentary elections in June. At the same time, he expressed confidence about DP’s chances, given the country’s “great successes, both domestic and international, for the …

Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s president, yesterday called the country’s economic crisis a “test of maturity” for its businessmen. He urged them to “make sacrifices” to save jobs. “People have been getting very rich in a very short time,” he said in an interview with the head of Russia’s state-owned Channel One …