BUCHAREST – Romania’s center-left government will likely approve on Wednesday an official letter requesting a loan package led by the International Monetary Fund, Prime Minister Emil Boc said on Monday. Romania approached Brussels and the IMF for support earlier this month, becoming the third European Union member after Hungary and …

A new Bulgarian national employment measure will open 87 000 new job opportunities. The Bulgarian Social Minister, Emiliya Maslarova, announced the measure Monday at the opening of a “Labor Transformation – Social Security and Dialogue” conference. The conference will be held at the University of National and World Economy in …

Air-raid sirens wailed on Tuesday as Serbia marked ten years since NATO’s bombing campaign against the regime of late president Slobodan Milosevic to halt its violent Kosovo crackdown. Solemn ceremonies were held at Belgrade monuments to children and journalists killed in the NATO sorties as the sirens were sounded across …