BRUSSELS (IHT) After the crisis over Georgia, new divisions have emerged within the European Union over whether to offer Ukraine a clear signal that it might one day join the 27-nation bloc.

(Guardian) Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader arrested last month after 13 years on the run, is to be asked today to enter his pleas to charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.

(Guardian) For decades, the whereabouts of thousands executed in Spain under Franco's rule have remained a mystery. Now the exhumation of mass graves is reuniting relatives with their loved ones' remains - and revealing the country's dark history.

(EU Observer) The UN has begun the handover of office space and vehicles to the EU's "EULEX" police and civilian administration team in Kosovo, amid Serbian and Russian complaints that the move does not have a legal mandate.

GORI, Georgia (New York Times) The conflict between Russia and the former Soviet republic of Georgia moved toward all-out war on Saturday as Russia prepared to land ground troops on Georgia’s coast and broadened its bombing campaign both within Georgia and in the disputed territory of Abkhazia.

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) Authorities in the Georgian separatist region of South Ossetia said Wednesday night that the outskirts of the region's capital were coming under heavy fire from Georgian-controlled territory, Russian news agencies reported.

BELGRADE, Serbia (Moscow Times) Several hundred nationalists marched to the U.S. and Croatian embassies in Belgrade on Monday to mark the anniversary of a Croatian offensive that drove tens of thousands of Serbs from their homes in 1995.

(BBC News) A French charity has accused Greece of creating a "humanitarian crisis" for hundreds of illegal migrants detained on the Mediterranean island of Lesbos.

PARIS (AP) France's military will slash its ranks by 54,000 personnel and close dozens of air, army and other bases in an overhaul meant to slim forces at home while making it easier and faster to deploy troops abroad, the prime minister announced Thursday.

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) The European Commission froze almost euro500 million ($800 million) in aid to Bulgaria on Wednesday, citing corruption, organized crime, severe spending irregularities and alleged vote-buying in a country that only joined the EU last year.

(Der Spiegel) Supporters of Radovan Karadzic clashed with police Tuesday after his arrest on war crimes charges. His lawyer plans to appeal against his extradition to The Hague. Meanwhile, a German politician said Serbia's EU accession is still a long way off.

FRANCE (International Herald Tribune) When Faiza Silmi applied for French citizenship she was worried that her fluent French was not quite perfect enough or that her Moroccan upbringing would pose a problem.

PARIS (The Daily Star) In the first major modern architectural addition to the Louvre since its famous glass pyramid was built in the 1980s, Wednesday saw the laying of the first stone at the museum's new Arts of Islam gallery.

BRUSSELS (International Herald Tribune) After an interlude of just four months, the crisis that prompted fears that Belgium would split returned with a vengeance Tuesday when the prime minister offered to quit after failing to broker a deal between the country's two main linguistic groups.

ROME (AP) A court on Monday convicted 15 Italian officials of abusing protesters held in at police garrison following violent demonstrations during a Group of Eight summit in Genoa seven years ago, lawyers said.

(France 24) For the first time in recent years, dozens of heads of state and government are expected on the Concorde square in downtown Paris to watch the July 14 military parade with the United Nations as guest stars.

RUSUTSU (The Moscow Times) President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday that Russia was "distressed" by a U.S. deal to place parts of a missile-defense shield in the Czech Republic and promised to respond with "concrete steps."

STRASBOURG (International Herald Tribune) The European Parliament adopted new internal rules Wednesday making it harder for fringe lawmakers - notably the far right - to secure funding, speaking time and prominent positions within the EU assembly.

(France 24) France is to outline a new blueprint to control immigration in Europe, days after human rights groups and South American countries criticised the EU over moves to force illegal immigrants out.

(BBC News) The ex-commander of Bosnian Muslim forces in Srebrenica, Naser Oric, has had his war crimes conviction quashed by the UN tribunal in The Hague.

(BBC News) The European Commission is poised to unveil a healthcare package that could give patients new rights to seek medical treatment elsewhere in the EU.

(BBC News) France violates human rights in the way it handles terrorism-related cases, a Human Rights Watch report says.