RUSSIA Nato’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called for a new strategic partnership with Russia. In his first major foreign policy address as Nato chief, Mr Rasmussen called for a “joint review” with Moscow of global security challenges. He was speaking in Brussels the day after the US announced …

ALBANIA Albania should take extra measures to stop the politicization of the elections process in the country, says a statement of the Swedish EU presidency, DPA reports. The statement acknowledges that the Balkan country has registered serious progress in its elections system but local authorities should carefully study the final …

ROMANIA Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Friday he asked Education Minister Ecaterina Andronescu to cancel the order she passed recently entitling her to replace and appoint school principals, and said he would dismiss her if the act is applied.