20/11/2008

TIRANA, Albania -- A court on Wednesday (November 19th) sentenced a British national to 20 years in prison for paedophilia. The court convicted David...

20/11/2008

Often bitter adversaries, Albania's Democrats and Socialists see eye to eye on the key issue of election reform. Smaller parties, however, are crying foul.

19/11/2008

TIRANA, Albania -- Parliament on Tuesday (November 18th) adopted a controversial bill on a new election code, with 112 of 140 lawmakers supporting it...

19/11/2008

Tennis star Novak Djokovic of Serbia wins the Shanghai Masters Cup. Also in the news: the International Book and Teaching Appliances Fair, Interliber 2008, opens in Zagreb, and a Kosovo documentary wins Best Short Documentary at a Hamburg film festival.

17/11/2008

TIRANA, Albania -- The opposition Socialist Movement for Integration (SMI) on Sunday (November 16th) proposed a two-way solution to end the current p...

14/11/2008

What happens when Western luxuries meet Balkan salaries?

14/11/2008

TIRANA, Albania -- The two largest political parties, the ruling Democratic Party and the opposition Socialist Party (SP), approved changes in the el...

14/11/2008

The banking sector in Greece will receive a 28 billion-euro rescue plan. Also in the news: Croatia's prime minister announces restrictive new economic measures for 2009, and the Serbian government again attempts to privatise the RTB Bor mining complex.

13/11/2008

Last week's progress report on Albania by the European Commission said the country must intensify its fight against corruption, money laundering, drug trafficking and organised crime.

13/11/2008

ATHENS, Greece -- A total of 1,500 foreign prisoners will obtain their release following a proposal by the Greek prison administration, media reporte...