Eurasia News

Veritas Center Director Savo Štrbac said that Stanko Kovačević, suspected of having committed war crimes in Croatia, was arrested in Podgorica. Police arrested Kovačević on Friday according to an Interpol warrant, which was issued by Interpol in Zagreb. He is currently in custody pending extradition, Štrbac said.

Electricity price will not necessarily rise; it might fall, it might keep its level. What is important is for the prices to correspond to the expense and methods, Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism Traycho Traykov said.

Belgrade is to host the fifth conference of the parliamentary committees for European integration affairs in the member states of the Stabilization and Association Process for South East Europe, the media report. Up for discussion at the two-day conference are the stabilization and association process, experience gained and future challenges, …

The presidential elections began on Sunday morning in Romania, over 18 million eligible voters are expected to turn to polls to elect a new president for the next five-year term. A number of 12 candidates entered the race for the state’s top position. The incumbent President Traian Basescu is running …

Republic of Moldova Party of Communists (PCRM) declares it will not participate in the specialized Parliamentary Committee on improving electoral legislation.

Moldovan Democratic Party Chairman MP Marian Lupu will attend a congress of Yedinaya Rossiya [United Russia] governing party to be held in St. Petersburg on Friday, and will use an opportunity to meet and talk to another guest of the congress – Chairman of the Obnovleniye [Renovation] Republican Party of …

Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević says Serge Brammertz did not, “in a single word”, say that Mladić is out of Serbia’s reach. Earlier this week, media in Serbia reported that Vukčević said Brammertz’s report states that “Hague fugitive and indictee Ratko Mladić is not within the reach of the …

Serbia recognized Macedonia under its constitutional name and that position will not change, said President Boris Tadić. He made the statement after his meeting with Macedonian counterpart Gjorge Ivanov in Belgrade late on Thursday.

Romanian President Traian Basescu says his country believes that Serbia is “the key to peace in the Balkans”.

British lawyer Richard Harvey has been appointed as former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić’s legal counsel, the Hague Tribunal has decided. The court stated today that its Secretariat provided Karadžić the possibility to speak to the lawyers from a list of attorneys, but that the accused did chose any of …