Greek and Macedonian leaders are to meet on the sidelines of next week's EU summit amid few indications that they will make in headway in the dispute over national identity that has prevented Macedonia from starting accession talks since becoming an EU candidate seven years ago. 

The new central government of Bosnia and Herzegovina aims to meet all conditions set by the European Union over the next month and apply for membership by the end of June, the Balkan country's new prime minister told Reuters.

Author: New Europe

The Russian prime minister and the widely expected winner of the upcoming presidential elections, Vladimir Putin, unveiled a plan to boost the Russian military on 20 February  in order not to “tempt anyone with our [Russian] weakness”.

Author: New Europe

On 13 February, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin set out plans to increase spending on healthcare, education and social services, as he ramped up his re-election campaign in the face of protests.

Author: New Europe

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said that the issue of the legitimacy of privatisation in the 1990s in Russia should be closed, and a mechanism for doing that should be devised. “We need to turn this page,” he said.

A referendum organised in the Serbia-populated northern part of Kosovo on whether to recognise the government of the Albanian majority received a frosty reception from the European Commission today (14 February).