Early results of the Kosovo elections show the party of Hashim Thaci has the lead, while Serb parties that participated accuse each other. The Priština-based Gani Bobi Institute said late on Sunday that Thaci’s Democratic Party of Kosovo had picked up 31 percent of the vote, followed by Isa Mustafa’s …

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou pledged to build a long-delayed mosque in Athens for Muslim residents, noting that failure to provide such a facility for over two decades was a “disgrace”.

High Representative Valentin Inzko urged the international community to remain pro-actively engaged with Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). After talks with Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger and German Secretary of State Wolf-Ruthart Born in Berlin on Friday (December 10th), he said that BiH needs to improve its decision making and to …