Features

Turkey pledges support for Sarkozy's "Club Med"

14/07/2008

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Leaders at a Paris summit gave the go-ahead to a revised version of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's Mediterranean Union proposal.
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The Hague acquits Macedonia's Boskovski, convicts Tarculovski

14/07/2008

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Freed by The Hague tribunal, former Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski received a hero's welcome in Skopje. Lawyers for Johan Tarculovski, a junior police officer, announced an appeal of his 12-year sentence.
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Ergenekon and Turkey's democracy paradox

11/07/2008

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EU candidate Turkey has shown that Islam can co-exist with secular democracy, globalisation and modernity. But another political crisis casts a worrisome shadow.
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Roundup

Science and Technology: Ohrid hosts International Summer University

14/07/2008

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The International Summer University opens in Ohrid. Also in the news: Serbian archaeologists unearth artefacts on the site of a medieval city, and the Bucharest City Museum hosts an astronomy exhibition.
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Reportage

European integration process is a "vital national objective" for Albania

14/07/2008

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Albania is on an exciting path towards Euro-Atlantic integration -- with a NATO invitation received earlier this year and a push for EU reforms. As the country moves forward, a clear governmental vision will open the doors for full integration and compliance with organisational standards, Albanian Foreign Minister Lulzim Basha told Southeast European Times contributor Sami Neza.
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