Eurasia Press & News
Bulgarian migrants living abroad have set up their own political party called “The Other Bulgaria” vowing to tackle corruption and ‘restore the country’s credibility’ in the European Union. Named after a popular television show that tracks the lives of Bulgarian migrants in different parts of the world, the party sets …
Read More »Kosovo Independence Declaration To Go on Show
The document enshrining last year’s Declaration of Independence by Kosovo is to go on show at a museum as Kosovo prepares for its Liberation Day. The Declaration of Independence is to be positioned in an exhibition entitled “Kosovo throughout the centuries.” The exhibition is to depict Kosovo’s history since the …
Read More »Montenegro’s Biggest Exporter Faces Closure
Montenegro’s biggest exporter, the KAP aluminium plant faces closure, with its foreign bank accounts blocked and an energy company threatening to seize the produced aluminium to pay off debts, according to local media. KAP is the tiny Adriatic country’s biggest exporter, accounting for 40 percent of industrial production and generating …
Read More »Main Party Rivals Lead in Macedonia Election
George Ivanov from the main ruling VMRO DPMNE party and Ljubomir Frckoski from the main opposition the Social Democrats are set to go into the second round of Macedonia’s presidential election according to early results. Out of 37 percent of the counted votes, Ivanov is the frontrunner with about 81,000 …
Read More »Voting Ends in ‘Peaceful’ Macedonia Election
Voting has closed in Macedonia’s presidential and mayoral elections, with the country’s Election Commission announcing the poll went without major incident and met democratic norms. In what was widely seen as a curtail test for the country’s shaken democratic record only the heavy snow disrupted the election with ballot materials …
Read More »Heavy Snow Disrupts Macedonia Election
Only heavy snowfall has been causing problems so far as voting in Macedonia’s presidential and mayoral elections – seen as a key test for the country’s democracy – are underway. Polls opened at 0700 CET (0600 GMT) and will close at 1900 CET (1800 GMT). But 103 out of the …
Read More »Voting Opens In Macedonia Election
Voting has opened in Macedonia’s presidential and mayor elections in a poll seen as a test of the country’s democratic record. Polls opened at 0700 CET (0600 GMT) and will close at 1900 CET (1800 GMT). The vote is closely monitored by the European Union after last year’s June general …
Read More »Displaced, Prisoners Vote in Macedonia Poll
Displaced people and prisoners ahead of Sunday’s presidential and mayoral elections in Macedonia. Ballot stations in prisons and community centres opened at 0700 CET (0600 GMT) and will close at 1900 CET (1800) on Saturday, one day before the nationwide poll on Sunday.
Read More »Karadzic: New Status Conference on April 2
A new pre-trial status conference in the case of Radovan Karadzic is due to take place on April 2, 2009. The Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, has announced that another pre-trial status conference in the case of Radovan Karadzic will take place on …
Read More »Serbia’s Bank Governor Talks of Crisis
In the midst of talks with the International Monetary Fund, IMF, Serbia’s central bank governor Radovan Jelasic shed some light behind some the measures the government is taking to tackle the effects of the global economic slowdown. Speaking at a conference titled Global crisis: Can We take a break from …
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