British lawyer Richard Harvey has been appointed as former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić’s legal counsel, the Hague Tribunal has decided. The court stated today that its Secretariat provided Karadžić the possibility to speak to the lawyers from a list of attorneys, but that the accused did chose any of …

The cabinet confirmed on Thursday a coalition-sponsored motion to put the border arbitration agreement with Croatia to a referendum.

Only one thing is (almost) certain about Romanian politics: There will be no victor in Sunday’s presidential vote. That, of course, just kicks the can down the road until a second round on Dec. 6. Incumbent President Traian Basescu, closely tied to the conservative Democratic Liberal Party, has retained, barely, …