Bloomberg Kosovo lawmakers approved US educated jurist Vjosa Osmani as president, filling the post previously held by an ex-guerrilla who stepped down last year to face charges on war crimes. Osmani, 38, was elected with the backing of Premier Albin Kurti, whose anti-establishment Self-Determination Movement won February 14 elections. Both represent a new generation of leaders in the landlocked Balkan ...

Bloomberg Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov’s party won Sunday’s general elections, but thorny ties with his political rivals complicated his path to a fourth term as leader of the European Union’s poorest and most corrupt member. Already one of the EU’s longest-serving leaders, the former bodyguard of the Balkan state’s last communist dictator capitalised on support from conservative voters drawn ...

Bloomberg The US is pressing ahead with plans to hit six nations that tax internet-based companies with retaliatory tariffs that could total almost $1 billion annually. Goods entering the US — ranging from Austrian grand pianos and British merry-go-rounds to Italian anchovies — could face tariffs of as much as 25% annually, documents published by the US Trade Representative (USTR) ...