Kosovo president and prime minister Fatmir Sejdiu and Hashim Thaci called on Kosovo residents to maintain peace. They also invited them to have faith in the “effective rule of law and investigations of crimes”. “Local legislative institutions and EULEX, within the authorities they have, will take all needed measures to …

EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said Friday he doubted EI foreign ministers would agree to start Macedonian membership talks next week because of a long-running name dispute.

Radovan Karadzic’s legal adviser says the former Bosnian Serb leader has rejected his court-appointed lawyer and is unlikely to be ready to resume his genocide trial as scheduled on March 1.