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This past week Russia suspended its participation in one of Europe's key arms control treaties - the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty. That treaty sets strict limits on how much heavy military equipment NATO and Russia can deploy. Now Russia says it will no longer permit inspections or exchange data on its deployments. The move follows Russian attempts to get NATO states to ratify an update of the treaty but the US and its allies say they want Russian troops out of Moldova and Georgia before they do that.

In recent years Slovakia has become attractive for foreign farmers. Already 6 Danish agriculture companies have moved in since Slovkakia joined the EU, along with 4 Dutch ones. Slovak farmers have not always been happy with their presence in Slovakia.

Leon Zelman has died in Vienna at the age of 79. Zelman was born in Poland. At the age of 12 he was deported with his family to the Nazi concentration camp at Lodz where his parents died. In 1944 he was moved to Auschwitz with his brother -and there his brother was to die. Finally he was moved to the camp at Mauthausen in Austria where he was eventually liberated by American soldiers in 1945. He went to Vienna to study journalism and there his name became synonymous with the Jewish Welcome Service - bringing exiled jewish groups back to Vienna.

In November Slovenes will elect a new President. The incumbent, Janez Drnovsek,says he will not be seeking another five year term. In recent months tensions between President Drnovsek and Prime Minister Jansa have made headlines in Slovenia and there've been suggestions the government could move to strip the post of some of its powers. The first to enter the presidential race is Lojze Peterle, who served as Slovenia's prime minister from 1990 to 1992, and was elected to the European Parliament in 2004.

Warsaw is to have a Museum of the History of Polish Jews. The recent cornerstone-laying ceremony brought together prominent personalities from Poland and around the world, including Polish current and former presidents, past and present Israeli ambassadors to Poland, rabbis and Catholic Church leaders. 'This won't be another Holocaust museum' - stress the project authors - but a center for dialogue, culture and education about the long and rich history of Polish - Jewish coexistence.

A member of the Czech Senate has been fighting allegations of racism recently, following the release of a recording made at a local authority meeting. Senator Liana Janackova is apparently heard making derogatory and threatening remarks about Romanies in her ward - and even admitting to being a racist. The politician says the comments have been taken out of context.

The Ljubljana Summer Festival began this week and runs until the 18th of August. It showcases a host of talent from opera, ballet, and dance performances to symphony orchestras, jazz and cinema.

Russia has raised the possibility of moving some of its missiles to Kaliningrad. This is the small piece of Russian territory which is surrounded by European Union territory - Poland and Lithuania - and the Baltic Sea. Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov linked such a move to plans by the US to build an anti-missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic. Russia wants the US to use Russian facilities to deal with the perceived threat of missiles from so-called rogue states. Russia has already threatened to aim missiles at Europe and the Kaliningrad suggestion

It's just over three years since what are known as the Visegrad states, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia joined the EU. Those three years have seen strong economic growth. And a new report from the Vienna based Institute for International Economics says high rates of growth will continue next year - the exception being Hungary.

The European Union has put energy security at the top of its agenda but there's little agreement on the future role of nuclear energy. Some EU states like the Czech Republic and Slovakia rely heavily on nuclear energy and see few alternatives. Others, like Austria, remain totally opposed to nuclear power. How to resolve the differences? Well the European Nuclear Energy Forum has been created to come up with some answers. It's being hosted by Prague and Bratislava.