Eurasia

Preliminary official results indicate a narrow victory for incumbent Traian Basescu in Sunday’s presidential run-off. With 95.7 per cent of the vote counted, election authorities said Basescu polled 50.43 per cent, while challenger Mircea Geoana received 49.57 per cent.

Russia will make a credit of USD 200mn accessible to Serbia at the beginning of next year, Russian Deputy Finance Minister Dmitry Pankin said. He told Russian news agency Interfax that the credit agreement could be signed by the end of the year. He reminded that the negotiations with the …

International Community High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina Valentin Inzko said that the final offer for a new Bosnian constitution is now on the table.

Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor confirmed that the EU will begin putting together the Accession Treaty for Zagreb on Monday. She said that it is looking more and more likely that Croatia will join the European Union in 2012. Kosor confirmed that Croatia expects that the EU Ministers will support …

Bulgaria is prepared to participate in both the South Stream and Nabucco gas line projects, Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said adding that the one that would start earlier would be the one to be joined first, without giving up the other. “Nabucco” is a priority of the European Union …

Romanian President Traian Basescu, running for re-election Sunday against social democrat Mircea Geoana, said Friday at a campaign rally the country needs a strong right-winged alliance of his democrats and liberals, who back Geoana in the race.

Nikola Špirić, predsjedavajući Savjeta ministara BiH, zatražio je juče od parlamenta BiH da razriješi dužnosti Safeta Halilovića, ministra za ljudska prava i izbjeglice BiH, jer je “četiri mjeseca kočio proceduru u vezi sa ratifikacijom Konvencije UN-a o pravima lica sa invaliditetom”. “Danas sam od Parlamentarne skupštine BiH zatražio njegovo razrješenje …

SAD i EU neće odustati od podrške domaćim liderima da ispune uslove za pomak BiH ka članstvu u EU i NATO-u, iako preksinoć u pregovorima o reformi Ustava BiH željeni napredak nije postignut. Poručio je to jučer zamjenik američkog državnog sekretara Džejms Stajnberg po okončanju odvojenih sastanaka s liderima sedam …

Transnistria hopes the new authorities in Chisinau will be abiding by the policy of continuity mandatory for a democratic state, and will be observing the accords reached by their predecessors. Transnistrian minister of foreign affairs Vladimir Yastrebchak  said.

Kosovo president and prime minister Fatmir Sejdiu and Hashim Thaci called on Kosovo residents to maintain peace. They also invited them to have faith in the “effective rule of law and investigations of crimes”. “Local legislative institutions and EULEX, within the authorities they have, will take all needed measures to …