Bosnia fatigue, and how to deal with it
EuropeanVoice.com April 22, 2010 A gradual overhaul of Bosnia’s institutions would be more effective than sporadic diplomacy to change Bosnia’s constitution. more
Category: Issues in the News
US to resume talks with Israel despite Netanyahu’s refusal to halt settlement
The Guardian April 22, 2010 The US envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, will hold talks tomorrow with Binyamin Netanyahu, despite the Israeli prime minister’s formal rejection of White House demands for a freeze on Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem. more
Greece’s budget deficit worse than first thought
BBC April 22, 2010 Greece had a far larger budget deficit than expected last year and the figures may yet get worse, according to the European Union’s statistics office. more
U.S. signals its nuclear arms stay in Europe for now
Reuters April 22, 2010 TALLINN (Reuters) – The United States appeared on Thursday to rule out an early withdrawal of its battlefield nuclear weapons from Europe and said if it cut its arsenal it would want Russia to move its arms further from NATO nations. more
A nationalist Turkish-Cypriot leader will make it harder to sort out Cyprus
The Economist April 22, 2010 THE prospects of Cyprus’s reunification and of Turkey joining the European Union both took a blow this week. The cause was the election of Dervish Eroglu as president of Turkish-controlled north Cyprus on April 18th. Mr Eroglu, a nationalist hardliner who opposes the framework of the Cyprus settlement talks, took […]