Balkan News

Romanian film wins Palme D’Or

In an unprecedented milestone for Romanian cinema, Cristian Mungiu has won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. His movie “Four Months, Three Weeks and Two Days” beat out 21 other feature films, directed by such luminaries as the Coen brothers, Quentin Tarantino and Emir Kusturica.

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Bulgarian right-wing parties mull consolidation

Former Bulgarian President Peter Stoyanov resigned as leader of the right-wing opposition Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) on Tuesday (May 22nd), two days after his party suffered a crushing defeat in Bulgaria’s first European Parliament (EP) elections. He was the second rightist leader to step down in as many days, …

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NATO drill tests emergency response readiness

Twenty-one Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) nations participated in a NATO-led exercise, IDASSA 2007, which took place last week in the coastal areas near the Croatian city of Zadar. The event provided an opportunity for the countries to test their equipment, expertise and preparedness.

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Belgrade submits initiative for new Kosovo talks to UN chief

BELGRADE, Serbia — The government endorsed an initiative Friday (May 25th) to open new negotiations on Kosovo’s future status and forwarded it to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Belgrade is proposing new talks since the previous ones, which took place from February 2006 to March 2007, failed to result in a …

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Băsescu a pledat la Brno pentru integrarea Moldovei în UE

Aflat la cel de-al 14-lea summit al ÅŸefilor de stat din centrul Europei, care s-a desfăşurat la Brno, preÅŸedintele Traian Băsescu a cerut solidarizarea statelor europene pentru limitarea ambiÅ£iilor monopoliste în ceea ce priveÅŸte alimentarea cu energie. ÃŽn plus, preÅŸedintele Băsescu a pledat pentru ca Republica Moldova să intre în …

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Serbian war criminal escapes from jail

Radovan Stankovic, a convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal escaped from jail in eastern Bosnian town of Foca on Friday. Stankovic was sentenced in November 2006 to 16 years in prison for his part in the war crimes committed against the Bosnian Muslims between 1992-95 by Christian Serbian invaders and terrorists’ …

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