Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said that early elections will be held on May 12, while demonstrators who caused the fall of the government said they would keep protesting.Plevneliev on Tuesday announced when the polls would be held and said that the earliest possible date for dissolving parliament and appointing a …

Western Balkan ministers have adopted a regional strategy to handle the furor over toxin levels in milk, which have rattled consumers in several countries.Following a meeting on Tuesday in Belgrade, agriculture ministers of Serbia, Macedonia, Croatia and Bosnia agreed a regional strategy to ensure better quality controls of milk. The …

The defeat of the pro-EU government in Moldova in a no-confidence vote is causing concern in neighbouring Romania.Moldova’s government was ousted on Tuesday following a no-confidence vote against the cabinet of Prime Minister Vlad Filat, with 54 lawmakers supporting the move. The charge was led by the opposition Communists on …