11 November 2008 Belgrade – The international financial crisis has already reached Serbia and the country must brace itself for the protracted consequences of a market slump, a top official with the United Nations Development Program said.

11 November 2008 Tirana – Eleven lawmakers from Albania’s smaller parliamentary parties went on hunger strike on Monday to protest agaomst proposed changes to the electoral code.

11 November 2008 Belgrade – The Serbian government will enter the final phase of talks with Russia’s oil and gas conglomerate OAO Gazprom over the sale of the country’s Naftna Industrija Srbije, NIS, oil industry and the development of a wing of the South Stream gas pipeline, a official said on …