Bulgaria is accused of conducting an "expansionist policy" and of joining the war to "take the whole of Macedonia".
Despite the political turmoil -- heightened by an undercurrent of fear about Russia's meddling in the country's affairs -- the impeachment process did little to distract the country from its principal economic and foreign policy goal of joining Europe's elite club of nations.
In a speech on his first day as acting president, he said Uzbekistan would continue the policy of not joining any international military alliances and not hosting any foreign military bases, along with not stationing its troops abroad.
Recruits would be briefed on sexual-assault policies within 14 days of joining the service.
In Serbia and Bosnia, Russian politicians, military, and energy lobbies are said to be calling the shots, influencing policy, and disrupting both countries' hopes of joining the EU.
It is a condition of joining the club, and those who violate the policy risk expulsion.
The prospect of joining the euro bloc spurred these countries to pursue tough policies during the economic crisis.
Andrew McLaughlin, a Tumblr VP and Google's former head of public policy, is joining Betaworks, the company/incubator/investor behind bit.ly, news.me, and Chartbeat (and recent Digg acquirer).
This means engagement in traditional policy processes, joining diverse coalitions of action and applying the creative power of the private sector to come up with new ideas that meet the needs of a resource-constrained but thoroughly connected world.
