The Hague Tribunal has convicted Vojislav Seselj, leader of the Serbian Radical Party, of contempt of court and sentenced him to one-and-a-half years prison for disclosing the identity of a protected witness during his trial for war crimes committed in Croatia, Vojvodina and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Rosen Plevneliev of the ruling conservative party in Bulgaria has won the presidential run-off with 54.8 per cent of votes. Ruling party , GERB candidate Rossen Plevneliev, has won Bulgaria’s 2011 elections, getting 54.8 per cent of votes in

The Bulgarian government has cancelled an official visit by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at the last possible moment. A spokesperson for the Bulgarian foreign ministry said