Member of the European Parliament and foreign policy spokesman of the German Christian Social Union (CSU) at the European Parliament, Bernd Posselt, expressed regret over the resignation of Croatia’s Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, blaming the European Union and its policy towards Croatia’s accession for such a development of events. – …

An earthquake of at least 5.9 magnitude struck in the Mediterranean Sea off southern Greece on Wednesday and was felt as far away as Cairo in Egypt, but there were no immediate reports of injuries, officials said. The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the quake struck at 0930 GMT, 170 km …

Albania’s ruling Democratic Party led their main left-wing rivals by four seats on Wednesday but do not yet have enough seats to form a government with 98 percent of votes counted from Sunday’s parliamentary election.