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KOSOVO New NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is set to make his first official trip Thursday to Kosovo, where he hopes to gradually diminish the alliance presence to a small reaction force or pull out completely. Rasmussen is expected to hold meetings with Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu, Prime Minister Hashim …

BiH Today the European Commission adopted a programme to help Bosnia and Herzegovina to mitigate the impacts of the financial and economic crisis. The € 39 grant finance will support the development of small and medium sized enterprises and provide significant investment in infrastructure in the transport, environment, and energy …

MOLDOVA Liderii celor patru partide democratice s-au aşezat din nou la masa de negocieri, de această dată pentru a discuta despre partajarea funcţiilor. Liderul PL. Mihai Ghimpu, a declarat că astăzi discută organigrama Parlamentului şi Guvernului, propusă de grupurile de experţi, subliniind că este necesar să rămână acele structuri care …

MOLDOVA Grupul socialiştii şi democraţilor din Parlamentul European salută crearea „Alianţei pentru Integrarea Europeană” (AIE) în R. Moldova dintre patru partide parlamentare, se menţionează într-o declaraţie a vicepreşedintelui grupului, Adrian Severin. „Salutăm ştirea potrivit căreia PLDM, PL, PDM şi AMN – partide reprezentate în Parlamentul moldovean – au format o …

MOLDOVA The representatives of the four parties do not say what ministries will be dissolved or merged, as well as they did not speak about setting up new ministries. The ruling coalition – the Alliance for European Integration, which consists of the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (LDPM), the Liberal …

MOLDOVA The ruling coalition said that the sides have not agreed upon a concrete candidature for the time being. The Communist Party, which gained 48 out of 101 parliamentary mandates, is waiting for proposals from the ruling coalition – the Alliance for European Integration, which consists of the Liberal Democratic …

The inspected travelers will have to show the cash or documents confirming that the given sum can be withdrawn from bank accounts. The Ukrainian customs service will selectively check if the foreigners that cross the border have money to stay in Ukraine as from August 24. The sum for every …

KYIV, Ukraine Russian leaders are stuck in their imperial past and seem to relish bullying and threatening their neighbors, a senior Ukrainian official has said, responding to a tirade from Moscow the previous day. Relations between Russian and former Soviet republic Ukraine have deteriorated steadily since Kyiv’s Orange Revolution brought …

CHISINAU, Moldova The Moldovan Constitutional Court says it will decide on August 14 whether to order a recount of the July 29 parliamentary elections as requested by the Popular Christian Democrat Party, RFE/RL’s Moldovan Service reports. The Christian Democrats, who allied themselves with the ruling Communist Party over the last …

YEREVAN, Armenia The main opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) has pledged to organize antigovernment protests to press for the release of 21 jailed supporters, RFE/RL’s Armenian Service reported. Levon Zurabian, the HAK’s central office coordinator, said, “We are going to mount a new wave of protests.”