Eurasia

Bulgaria’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) is incapable of making decisions on critical issues in a timely or efficient manner, according to the observer mission of the OSCE. The observers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe point out the problems surrounding the processing

Macedonia’s head of state Gjorge Ivanov has sent a congratulatory letter to Rosen Plevneliev, the President-Elect of Bulgaria, expressing his hopes for further deepening of the bilateral ties.

Croatia will keep on supporting Macedonia in its Euro-Atlantic bid. As a future member of the EU Croatia will not put hurdles on Macedonia’s road, despite the open bilateral issue

Croatia and Macedonia have signed an extradition agreement as part of a wider regional plan to prevent citizens holding dual citizenship from fleeing to another country to avoid prosecution at home. In the presence of the two countries’ presidents, Macedonia’s Gjorge Ivanov

Serbian Parliament Speaker Slavica Đukić-Dejanović says that Serbia will not give up on its EU pathway even if it does not get the EU candidate status on December 9. She however added that she believed that this would not be the case.

Romanian President Traian Basescu will visit Serbia on Tuesday, where he will confer with top government officials. During his visit, Basescu is scheduled to meet with Serbian President Boris Tadić, the president’s press service released in a statement. The two countries’ delegations should confer after a closed-door meeting between the …

Georgia now expects the results of the negotiations on the terms of Russia’s entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Georgian President’s spokesperson Manana Manjgaladze said at a regular briefing on Tuesday. “During yesterday’s meeting between Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey and Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili, it was announced that Russia …

The Hague Tribunal has convicted Vojislav Seselj, leader of the Serbian Radical Party, of contempt of court and sentenced him to one-and-a-half years prison for disclosing the identity of a protected witness during his trial for war crimes committed in Croatia, Vojvodina and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Rosen Plevneliev of the ruling conservative party in Bulgaria has won the presidential run-off with 54.8 per cent of votes. Ruling party , GERB candidate Rossen Plevneliev, has won Bulgaria’s 2011 elections, getting 54.8 per cent of votes in

The Bulgarian government has cancelled an official visit by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at the last possible moment. A spokesperson for the Bulgarian foreign ministry said