Eurasia

Georgian Parliamentary Speaker David Bakradze believes the time has come to the Council of Europe (CE) to protect its own prestige and to force Russia to fulfill the CE resolution. Bakradze said at his meeting with PACE Monitoring Committee co-rapporteur Matias Yorsh.

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

Povjerenje među političkim liderima u BiH potpuno je srušeno nakon pada aprilskog paketa ustavnih promjena zbog čega su svi naredni pregovori okončani skoro potpuno bezuspješno. Smatra to Mladen Ivanić, predsjednik PDP-a, i učesnik skoro svih političkih pregovora koji su počeli prije pet godina pregovorima o promjeni Ustava, a rezultirali tzv. …

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.