The second edition of the Macedonian pantomime and physical theatre festival Panphys opens today, bringing important artists from the region and the world to the capital Skopje. The festival, which will take place at the Macedonian National Theatre until March 14, opens tonight with Monologue with a Suitcase – a …

Economists in Kosovo say that there has not been adequate analysis on the impact of the global economic slowdown on the country, asking government and other relevant actors to undertake necessary measures to prepare for the crisis which will inevitably hit the newly independent state, they say. 

Romania’s President Traian Basescu addressing parliament on Monday asked “for solidarity and austerity” as he sought to prepare the public for possible International Monetary Fund, IMF, aid in a bid to shore up his country’s faltering economy. “The country will have to pay now for the lack of structural reforms …