MACEDONIA Macedonia’s parliament adopted a new Law on Parliament after heated debate on Monday night, in a session boycotted by an opposition ethnic Albanian party. The Democratic Party of Albanians, DPA , kept its pledge to boycott parliament from this week, in lieu of the collapse of the ruling coalition. …

BELGRADE, Serbia Police have found two pistols in the vehicle of the leader of the Islamic Community in Serbia, Adem Zilkic, the Serbian Interior Ministry confirmed on Tuesday. Belgrade police discovered the weapons during a routine search. The pistols were confiscated by the Prosecutor’s Office since Zilkic and his driver, …

BiH Šefovi i uposlenici u organima lokalne samouprave u BiH jako dobro zarađuju, odgovornost je dosta mala, a imaju i razne beneficije. Nabrojano posao u općinskim i gradskim administracijama čini veoma atraktivnim i poželjnim. U vrijeme krize, kada svi nivoi vlasti štede, mnoge opštine u Federaciji BiH jednostavno ignoriraju obavezu …

SARAJEVO, BiH Prijedlog za ukidanje paušala i naknada za rad u komisijama poslanicima i delegatima parlamenta BiH neće dobiti podršku članova SNSD-a u državnom parlamentu. “Ne možemo podržati ukidanje paušala jer je to naknada koju imaju poslanici u svim parlamentima svijeta. Ne želimo glasati ni za ukidanje naknada za rad …

BiH Umjesto zatvorskim kaznama, sudovi nedozvoljeno nošenje oružja kažnjavaju uslovnim kaznama, kaže Željko Mijatović, ministar unutrašnjih poslova Kantona Sarajevo. “Zbog toga imamo situaciju da policija često iste osobe hapsi zbog posjedovanja nelegalnog oružja, a oni su stalno na slobodi”, ističe Mijatović. NN: Građani Sarajeva opet protestuju zbog brutalnih ubistava… MIJATOVIĆ: …

CHISINAU, Moldova The Alliance for European Integration (AEI) has not yet fixed the place and date of the meeting with representatives of the Communist Party (PCRM), the PL leader Mihai Ghimpu said. “We, the leaders of the four parties (the PLDM, PL, PDM and AMN – e.n.) will meet and …

CHISINAU, Moldova “It is evident that holding simultaneously the post of head of state, part of the executive and head of Parliament Vladimir Voronin violates the principle of separation of the powers in the state stipulated in the Constitution,” said Vitalie Catana, expert of the Institute for Public Policy (IPP). …

TURKEY Former Chief of General Staff Gen. Hilmi Özkök ruled out any negotiations with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, in an interview with daily Milliyet published on Monday. “There cannot be any negotiation with the terror organization. I agree on that. You cannot talk with a person who took …

The European Union must exert its pressure on Turkey, in the light of its EU accession course and its European aspirations, to change Ankara’s stance and cooperate toward reaching a settlement, the Greek Cypriot president said. “Turkey should get rid of its expansionist policy and must give [Turkish Cypriot President …

TURKEY The ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) plans to make major progress in the completion of the main aspects of the Kurdish initiative before the European Union — which Turkey aspires to join — releases a progress report on Turkey’s membership efforts in autumn. The ruling party wants …