Bosnia’s Federation government gets a new prime minister, but as the entity government faces economic crisis and protests over planned social benefits cuts that threaten to bring it down, the only options are bankruptcy or political suicide, Anes Alic comments for ISN Security Watch. The Bosniak- (Bosnian Muslim) and Bosnian …

Nations in Transit for 2008, a report published by the US-based rights watchdog Freedom House, has criticised Albania for failing to uphold the separation of powers between politics and the law. The report says the separation of powers between the legislature, executive, and judiciary remains fragile and is intermittently damaged …

The European Commission urged Macedonia to appoint a new official in charge of EU affairs as soon as possible. The appeal came after Macedonia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Ivica Bocevski, who was in charge of EU integrations, resigned on Tuesday. “We are awaiting additional information to find out who will be …