According to preliminary results released by the Central Election Commission, CEC, the mayoral candidate from the Democratic League of Kosovo, LDK, Haki Rugova, won 48.7 per cent of the vote in the Istog/Istok mayoral elections held on Sunday, April 11.

Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini announced on Monday in Tirana that the EU will announce the visa liberalisation decision for Albania on July 2 at the Sarajevo summit.

The Court of BiH has decided to release former Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Gojko Klickovic on bail, his lawyer announced on Saturday (April 10th). Klickovic is accused of war crimes committed in Bosanska Krupa during the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict. His attorney explained that the court has accepted a relative’s …

The government will deliver its answers to additional questions on the EC questionnaire Monday (April 12th). Montenegrin authorities received 673 extra questions in early March. The first set of answers was submitted in December 2009.

A petition against the trial of Vetevendosje (Self-Determination) movement leader Albin Kurti will be sent to the UN, the EU and to the Council of Europe. The council opposing the trial announced on Sunday (April 11th) that the

Jerzy Buzek, presedintele Parlamentului European, si-a anulat vizita in Romania, ca urmare a tragicului accident in care presedintele Poloniei si o buna parte a conducerii acestei tari si-au pierdut viata. “Va informam cu regret ca, in urma tragicei catastrofe aeriene in care si-au pierdut viata Presedintele Poloniei Lech Kaczyński, sotia …

The name issue should not overshadow Macedonia’s forthcoming presidency of the Council of Europe, Thorbjorn Jagland, the Council of Europe Secretary General said.

Early mayoral elections were held in the municipality of Istok in Kosovo on Sunday. Several minor incidents at polling stations were reported during the voting. The elections went without any major problems, but several political parties and the NGO coalition “Democracy in Action” stated that there were incidents reported.

“In a short period of time, a lot of progress has been noticed in Moldova, especially in reforming field. This tendency is highly appreciated in Europe. Austria intends to intensively cooperate with Moldova, so that your country gets much closer to European Union”. This statement has been made today by …

Romania and Moldova will sign an agreement on border status and bilateral co-operation on border issues, the chairman of the Foreign Policy and European Integration Commission at the Moldovan Parliament Igor Korman announced. In his words the ministries of foreign affairs of the two countries work on the document, which …