Bulgaria and Romania should try to avoid the decline in democratic progress seen last year in many of the other post-communist countries that are now members of the EU, Freedom House said on Thursday (June 14th) upon the release of a new report.

The EU and Serbia returned to the negotiating table for talks on a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) on Wednesday (June 13th), more than 13 months after the process was put on hold.

NCRI – A new wave of brutal executions in response to the recent popular uprisings has begun in Iran. According to state-run news outlets in only three days seven prisoners were hanged.