The leader of the Democratic Party (PDM) Marian Lupu, who is the Alliance for European Integration’s candidate for the presidency, had a meeting with the leader of the Communists Party (PCRM) Vladimir Voronin on Wednesday. The Communist MP Mark Tkachuk said that Lupu and Voronin could not come to terms …

European Parliament’s Rapporteur for Macedonia and Slovenian MEP, Zoran Taler, is due to pay a visit to Macedonia on Thursday. According to the agenda, Taler will meet with the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European Affairs, Vasko Naumovski. Shortly after the European Commission published the report on Macedonia’s progress, …

A delegation of Azerbaijan’s Sumgayit city will visit Georgia. Upon the invitation of the Mayor of the Rustavi city, Mamuka Chikovani, the delegation will visit the Rustavi city on Oct. 30-Nov. 2, the Sumgayit City Administration told Trend News on Oct 29. During the visit, the delegation will meet with …

Kutaisi will host the conference of the Association of Local Authorities of the South Caucasus on Oct. 29-30. According to the Bureau of the Council of Europe (CE) in Georgia, the two-day conference has been initiated by the Association of Local Democracy Agencies and the CE Congress of the Regional …

13 polling stations for Romanian presidential elections to be opened in Moldova. Moldovans with Romanian citizenship and permanent residentship will be able to vote at the elections. Four polling stations will be opened in Chişinău. The organization of the elections in Moldova will cost Romania about USD 1.3 mln

The Bulgarian government has approved a package of measures for energy cooperation with Montenegro. The accord encompasses segments like oil, natural gas, electricity, renewable energy resources and energy efficiency. The paper will be signed during the upcoming visit of Montenegro’s President Filip Vujanović to Bulgaria.

The Croatian authorities claim to be fighting corruption and reforming the judiciary, but they will have to do more before joining the EU, European Voice says.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation, which is on a working visit to Bucharest on October 28 – November 9, is to meet Thursday with Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc. It is not expected for the IMF mission to sing any agreement on the memorandum during the meeting, Minister of Transport …

Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic will again boycott his genocide trial when it resumes at a UN tribunal in The Hague next week, one of his legal advisers said Wednesday. “He will not attend Monday,” Marco Sladojevic said after a meeting with the 64-year-old Karadzic. Karadzic, who is defending …

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana opposes the holding of referendum on any putative agreement to end the Skopje-Athens name row. “I don’t think [in] parliamentary democracies the referendum is the best solution,” Solana said. “Look at our experience,” he added, referring to the complications the Irish referenda caused for …