European Union

Montenegro EU Candidacy Blocked

Montenegro has been blocked from applying for EU candidate status by the EU Council of Ministers, Agence Europe reported on...

Romania Slapped by EC Report

Romania’s judicial reforms have backslid, while Bulgaria needs to prosecute organized crime, according to a scheduled report...

UN Approves EULEX Transition

The UN Security Council voted at a meeting Wednesday to accept Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's report on EULEX deployment in...

Bulgaria Loses EU Money

Bulgaria lost €220 million in European Union (EU) funds Tuesday for failing to crack down on corruption and graft, in an...

Croatia Roiled by Murders

Last Thursday's bombing murder in Zagreb of Ivo Pukanić, owner and editor of the Croatian weekly Nacional, and the paper's...

Croatia Pursues Organized Crime

Less than a week after Croatia's prime minister responded to the murder of the daughter of a prominent Zagreb attorney by...