Slovenia said it will reject an EU proposal to use international arbitration to settle the ongoing border dispute with Croatia which threatens to stall Zagreb’s accession to the bloc, unless Brussels accepts Slovene amendments “Unless amendments which are of major importance to Slovenia are included, Slovenia will not accept the …

The EU has warned that speculation over when EU visa requirements will be lifted from Serbian citizens is ”premature”. Pierre Mirel, director of the West Balkan Directorate at the EU General Directorate for Enlargement, said the European Commission must first prepare well-founded and researched reports on the progress of the …

KABUL Eleven Taliban suicide bombers attacked government buildings in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, sparking running gunbattles that killed at least 20 people and wounded three U.S. troops, officials said. U.S. and Afghan troops freed 20 hostages taken by the insurgents. The assault began around 10 a.m. when a suicide bomber …