Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak resigned as president and handed control to the military on Friday after 29 years in power, bowing to a historic 18-day wave of pro-democracy demonstrations by hundreds of thousands. “The people ousted the president,” chanted a crowd of tens of thousands outside his presidential palace in Cairo. …

Romania is ready to enter the Schengen Agreement, according to the European Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmstrom. “As far as Schengen goes, the assessments show that Romania has covered all technical criteria for

Four EU Commissioners will arrive on an official visit to Bulgarian on Thursday and Friday to check the country’s readiness to join the Schengen Agreement. EU Commissioners on Home Affairs, Cecilia Malmstrom, on Health and Consumer Policy, John Dalli, and