Eurasia

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 …

As Kosovo goes it alone for the first time in local elections, the results are less significant than the voting process itself, as some Kosovo Serbs defy Belgrade’s boycott demand in a move that may cause a major rift between Serb communities in Kosovo, Igor Jovanovic and Anes Alic write …

Federalni istražni biro SAD (FBI) podržava bh. napore da se policijske istrage provode nezavisno od etničkih interesa i utjecaja političkih stranaka, saopćeno je iz američke ambasade u BiH nakon okončanje dvodvene posjete direktora FBI Roberta Mulera Sarajevu. “FBI potpuno podržava bh. napore da se policijske istrage provode u skladu s …

Upravni odbor Vijeća za implementaciju mira (PIC) pozvao je u četvrtak političare u BiH da se konstruktivno angažiraju u realizaciji tranzicije OHR-a. U kominikeu, koji je jednoglasno usvojen, ističe se da se aplikacija BiH za članstvo u EU ne može razmatrati sve dok postoji OHR, ujedno izražavajući ozbiljnu zabrinutost zbog …

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 …