The organized crime industry has established a well-beaten path through Southeastern Europe for the purposes of multilevel illicit activities.

Developments in natural-gas exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean should prove to have significant bearing on energy security and geopolitics in the region.

Utilizing its abundant supply of natural gas and geographically strategic position, Russia is looking to expand its influence in Europe and Asia through new pipeline projects.

A deal made in Brussels today begins to address the issue of Greek debt, but the crisis in the Eurozone still threatens the world's financial markets.

In keeping its promise to shutter its nuclear power plants and move toward renewable energy, Germany is making huge investments in the clean technologies of the future.

Competition for energy pipeline deals continues to heat up in Southeastern Europe, involving a multitude of countries and companies vying for giant contracts.

The Republic of Macedonia recently celebrated its 20th anniversary and, challenges notwithstanding, has so far succeeded as a multicultural democracy.

The U.K. government is considering legislation that would require its banks to separate their retail banking operations from their investment banking arms, thus safeguarding against future financial disasters.

In 1994 terrorists hijacked a plane headed for Paris, intending to use the plane as a weapon. Although their plan failed, they may have given other terrorists a deadly idea.

The explosive mixture of illegal immigration and harsh recession has Greece walking a tightrope over very dangerous waters.

Suffering intense, brutal discrimination across generations has not stopped Kurds in Turkey from fighting to retain their cultural and ethnic identity.

Journalists in Turkey face unrelenting resistance from a government that threatens, intimidates and jails them. Freedom of the press simply doesn't exist.