03/09/2008

Opera fans descended on Cyprus at the weekend. Also in cultural news: Czech director Jiri Menzel won the Golden Gladiator Award at the International Summer Film Festival in Durres, Albania.

02/09/2008

Greek and Romanian officials were in Brussels on Monday. Also in diplomatic news this week: Macedonian Defence Minister Miroslav Stojanovski and his Serbian counterpart, Zdravko Ponos, met in Belgrade.

01/09/2008

SKOPJE, Macedonia -- A wildfire near Lake Dorjan destroyed five houses in the area Saturday (August 30th), but authorities reported no casualties. Fi...

31/08/2008

ATHENS, Greece -- Two Bulgarian military officers and their driver were sentenced in Greece on Friday (August 29th) to 15 months in prison for spying...

31/08/2008

BUCHAREST, Romania -- More than 1,200 troops from Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Romania will take part in a joint military exercise on responding to a...

31/08/2008

ATHENS, Greece -- Thirteen people were injured early Saturday (August 30th) in clashes between immigrants in downtown Athens. Witnesses say hundreds...

29/08/2008

A Turkish-assembled Renault model made its debut in Moscow. Also in the news: the Albanian Energy Corporation gets a 40m-euro loan, and Pepsi buys Marbo Produkt, a Serbian snack manufacturer.

28/08/2008

SKOPJE, Macedonia -- The US Embassy in Skopje on Wednesday (August 27th) denied media reports of a possible initiative by US Secretary of State Condo...

27/08/2008

With Macedonia's firefighting capabilities again being tested this summer, the government has not been able to deliver on plans for new equipment.

26/08/2008

ATHENS, Greece -- Greek and Albanian border control services conducted a joint operation last week aimed at combating organised crime and illegal imm...