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Croatians voted on Sunday to becomes the 28th member country of the European Union.
The voter turn-out was low at 44% but the decision emphatic, with 66% saying yes to ac cession, which is to take place in July next year, once the existing member governments have ratified it.
A pan-European effort is being made to control bad forest fires raging in Greece and Albania during the last week.
The European Commission has announced the two countries activated the international Civil Protection Mechanism, late last week, to request urgent aerial assistance. … Read More »
OPINION: Old controversies have been revived by an appeal court at The Hague, blaming the Dutch state for the deaths of three men at Srebrenica in 1995. … Read More »
In the moment that the International Monetary Fund confirmed the French Finance Minister, Christine Lagarde (picture), as its new head; in debt-ridden and conflict-torn Greece, the capital city became a battle-ground.
Croatia has been cleared to become the 28th member country of the European Union, under a decision by the EU’s Heads of Government at Brussels, 24.6.11.
The summit also approved the current phase of debt relief for Greece. … Read More »
Pope Benedict XVI, visiting Croatia this weekend, has declared it very much a part of Europe, saying its aspirations to join the European Union are “logical, just and necessary”. … Read More »
Another fugitive linked to wholesale political murders, the Serb military figure Ratko Mladic, has been caught (at a village in Northern Serbia, 26.5.11) , three weeks after the death of the terrorist Osama Bin Laden.
Mladic had been wanted by the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, at The Hague, for 16 years. … Read More »