Bosnia court jails ex-Serb army commander for 18 years (The Malaysian Insider)
SARAJEVO, July 3 Bosnia s war crimes court jailed a Bosnian Serb wartime army commander today for 18 years for the killing, rape and torture of Muslims in eastern Bosnia early in the 1992-95 war. Momir Savic was found guilty of persecution, murder, imprisonment, rape, torture and other inhuman acts against Bosnian Muslim civilians in and around the eastern town of Visegrad from April to …

Albanian Opposition threatens street protests (AP via Yahoo! News)
Albania’s opposition Socialists charged Saturday that the ruling Democrats were improperly trying to influence the country’s lengthy vote count by declaring victory before all ballots from last week’s national election were tallied.

B92 – News – Comments – Greek president meets with Serbian leadership (B92)
There are no comments for this document. Don t waste the money of the poor Simon Gray “In the light of the international economic crisis we at the World Bank believe that now is the time to rethink priorities in public spending and redirect reduced resources to programs directed at …

OSCE PA Chairman: Press report on Moldovan elections not correct (Moldova.org)
The statement reported in Moldpres on 29 June quoting Petros Efthymiou, Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly s Second Committee, concerning the recent Moldovan elections, is not correct. At the Assembly s ongoing Annual Session in Vilnius, Mr.Efthymiou reiterated the post-election statement from 6 April, and the quote in Moldpres that the election met all criteria is erroneous, Mr. …

Bulgaria hopes to secure F1 race in 2011 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Bulgaria is hoping to strike a deal that would allow the Balkan country to host a Formula One grand prix in 2011.

Romania students have swine flu (BBC News)
Eight students from a private school in Kent have been confined to hospital in northeast Romania with swine flu.

Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Austria to sign Nabucco agreement on 13 July (PanARMENIAN.Net)
Germany will take part in the signing ceremony as an observer.

Seven Turkish citizens die in traffic accident in Bulgaria (EARTHtimes.org)
Sofia – Seven Turkish citizens, including a 12-year-old child, died on Saturday in a traffic accident near the south-eastern Bulgarian town of Svilengrad, the Interior Ministry reported. The victims, who were traveling via minibus from Germany to Tur…

UPDATE: Bosnia Jails Ex-Serb Fighter For War Killings, Rape (Nasdaq)
(Updates with two more Serbs jailed.) SARAJEVO (AFP)–A Bosnian court jailed a former Serb paramilitary soldier for 18 years on Friday over the killing, torture and rape of Muslim civilians at the start of the country’s 1992-1995 war.

Tasting Slovenian Cuisine Right at the Source (New York Times)
A small vineyard sits next to a hayfield in the Karst region of southwest Slovenia.

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