Kosovo’s government coalition has collapsed, it emerged on Thursday night. It is understood that the Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, led by Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, has broken its two year partnership with the Democratic League of Kosovo, LDK, headed by president Fatmir Sejdiu.

Croatia’s new Economy Minister Djuro Popijac has warned that his government will have to take painful steps to tackle the country’s economic problems. 

Bulgaria may be taken to the European Court of Justice over its inadequate waste management Sofia, two years after the European Commission launched an infringement procedure on the issue. 

Albania’s opposition Socialist Party is expected to stage a major rally in Tirana on Friday through to Sunday, calling for a recount of the ballots from the 28 June parliamentary elections, which it considered to have been marred by fraud. The protest, which is expected to begin on Friday afternoon …

Upravni odbor Vijeća za implementaciju mira (PIC) tokom jučerašnjih odvojenih razgovora sa sedam stranačkih lidera u BiH i predsjedavajućim Vijeća ministara BiH Nikolom Špirićem istakao je da cilj razgovora o Ustavu mora biti jačanje institucionalne funkcionalnosti da bi BiH mogla da se nosi sa zahtjevima i uživa u prednostima evroatlantske …

At its ordinary working meeting held on Wednesday afternoon, the Moldovan Government decided to revoke home a number of its Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

European Commission (EC) Vice-President Jacques Barrot says Serbia has fulfilled all conditions for visa liberalization. As of December 19, its citizens should be able to travel freely in the Schengen space, said this EC official in charge of justice, freedom and security.

The crime in the town of Vukovar in 1991 was premeditated, just like in Srebrenica, Croatian President Stjepan Mesić said yesterday. Croatia is marking Nov. 18 as Vukovar Victims Remembrance Day. Mesić went on to say: “I simply cannot understand how wounded civilians could have been taken out of the …

Moldovan PM Vlad Filat says that up to 1.2 million Moldovans –more than one-quarter of the population – will be able to travel easily to EU-member Romania. This will come due to an agreement he signed in Bucharest last week.

Bulgaria will receive 75 million euros from the 2010 EU budget, part of the recently approved 300 million euros in further compensation for the early shutdown of two nuclear reactors at the Kozloduy power plant, Bulgarian media said.