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EU Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva commented on the EU Budget for 2013 by stating that EU's poorer members needed to do more to prove that they were in need of EU funds. According... 2012-05-01

According to Patrick O'Reilly, the director of the Pentagon's Missile Defence Agency (MDA), the US is continuing installation of its missile shield in both Romania and Poland. The US... 2012-05-01

Public support for the new Slovenian government, led by Prime Minister Janez Jansa has been falling rapidly in the past month, particularly in response to the government's outlining... 2012-05-01

In a sign of international nervousness over relations between the ethnic Macedonian and ethnic Albanian communities, the US, EU, NATO and OSCE issued a joint statement condemning the... 2012-04-30

Nine retired and active military personnel, including retired General Yildirim Turker, were arrested on April 25 by an Ankara court in connection with the 1997 military coup. This follows... 2012-04-30

The Progressive Party (SNS) announced that it will restart the IMF's US$1.3bn Stand-By Agreement (SBA) if it forms the government after the May election. The SNS's Jorgovanka Tabakovic,... 2012-04-27

Bilateral talks were held between Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister of Albania Sali Berisha during a two-day official visit to Turkey by the Albanian premier... 2012-04-26

The European Commission's first report on Croatia's progress towards EU accession under the monitoring process highlighted the same shortcomings, which have dogged Croatia's entire... 2012-04-25

The government is hoping for a long-awaited invitation into NATO at the Chicago summit scheduled for May 20. After being at a standstill since Greece's veto in 2008, Skopje's membership... 2012-03-27

Slovenia's economic sentiment indicator, as released by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, held steady in March at -12. This marks the lowest level since March 2010... 2012-03-27