Croatia: Retired General Guilty of War Crimes (New York Times)
A retired Croatian general was convicted of war crimes for failing to stop his soldiers from torturing and killing Serbs during an operation to retake an area held by Serbian rebels in 1993.
Tight security for Macedonian elections (AP via Yahoo! News)
Macedonian authorities promised tight security for Sunday’s national elections at the close of a campaign marred by violence, including an assassination attempt against an ethnic Albanian opposition leader.
INTERFAX – Czech Republic & Slovakia Business news report of 30.05.2008 (Girodivite)
Updated news from Czech Republic & Slovakia Saturday 31 May 2008, by Emanuele G. – 0 letture Girodivite – Segnali dalle citt invisibili on-line dal 1994. Quotidiano telematico e cartaceo, registrazione presso il tribunale di Catania n.13/2004 del 14/05/2004. Redazione: via Antonino di Sangiuliano 147 – 95131 Catania.
Polish Opposition Party Votes Napieralski As New Leader (Nasdaq)
WARSAW (AFP)–One of Poland’s main opposition parties voted in 34-year-old Grzegorz Napieralski as its new leader this weekend, in a bid to revamp its image and regain some lost glory.
Bulgaria PM: We Give Macedonia Our Full Support (Novinite.com)
I hope that elections in Macedonia tomorrow would take place in a democratic environment and would result in a stable government, Bulgaria Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev told reporter in Simitly Saturday.
Croatia held by improving Hungary (UEFA News)
Hungary 1-1 Croatia A week after defeating Greece, Hungary frustrated another team hoping to impress at UEFA EURO 2008 .
Probe restarts into Austro-Hungarian battle (Independent)
The European Commission has relaunched its competition investigation into a possible $20bn ( 10bn) hostile takeover by OMV, the Austrian energy major, of Mol, its Hungarian peer.
Hungary 1 Croatia 1 (Sporting Life)
Nico Kovac was both hero and villain for Croatia as he scored both goals in a dull friendly draw with Hungary on Saturday.
Soviet Jewry activists meet in Moldova, Belarus (JTA)
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Germany, Portugal, Romania win Euro warmups (Sports Illustrated)
Michael Ballack scored on a swerving free kick in the 82nd minute to rally Germany at home to a 2-1 victory over Serbia on Saturday in a tuneup for Euro 2008. Portugal and Romania enjoyed easy triumphs.
