Eurasia

The largest boycott was registered yesterday at the partial elections held in Albania. The opposition’s boycott, led by the Socialists caused a 20% turnout at the elections. Mayor-candidates from

Ured koordinatora za reformu javne uprave BiH u prvih devet mjeseci ove godine nije uspio realizirati niti jedan od planirana četiri programska zadatka. Ovaj ured, uz komisije za državnu imovinu, odnosno koncesije, ima najlošije rezultate rada od 25 državnih institucija obuhvaćenih izvještajem o realizaciji programa rada Vijeća ministara BiH od …

Dragomir Roković Evropskom sudu za ljudska prava u Strazburu podnijet će tužbu protiv BiH zbog odbijanja Uprave za indirektno oporezivanje (UIO) BiH da ga vrati na posao unatoč sudskoj presudi kojom je poništeno rješenje o otkazu. Od nekoliko desetina bivših djelatnika entitetskih carina koji su nakon osnivanja UIO ostali bez …

The Serbian government declared a three-day national mourning period starting Monday after the country’s Orthodox Church leader, Patriarch Pavle, died at 95 on Sunday. The patriarch died of cardiac arrest after having been hospitalized for two years in the Belgrade Military Hospital. Patriarch Pavle was born September 11, 1914 in …

Slovenia’s agreement to sign on to the South Stream pipeline project has dashed hopes by the European Union to reduce dependency on Russian gas. As the Slovenian and Russian energy ministers signed an agreement for the massive South Stream gas pipeline Saturday, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin looked on in …

Macedonia’s Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski will pay official visit to Bulgaria on Monday. Gruevski id scheduled to meet Bulgaria’s PM Bojko Borisov. Bulgarian party VMRO-VND led by nationalist Krasimir Karakancov said that Gruveski visit to Sofia is Macedonia’s path toward EU.

Macedonia’s Interior Minister Gordana Jankulovska will attend the 2-day EU-West Balkans ministerial forum on Justice and Home affairs. In the frameworks of the 2-day conference, several sessions, dedicated to fight against corruption, people trafficking, bilateral, multilateral regional and institutional cooperation for fighting against these issues, will be discussed.

Romanian President Traian Băsescu, who hopes to win second mandate, has sent critics to the opposition and media heads during the election rally in Cluj. “I will not give up fighting against Parliament and media magnates. I want second mandate,” Băsescu said before three thousand supporters. The idea on cutting …

Yordanka Fandakova, the newly-elected Mayor of the Bulgarian capital Sofia from the ruling party GERB, has received exactly 66,23% of the votes in Sunday’s Elections.

The Macedonian government is to hold consultations with the negotiator in the name dispute with Greece Zoran Jolevski, thus cancelling the meeting between the Macedonian and Greek negotiators and the UN mediator Matthew Nimitz scheduled for November 16-20. After hearing the positions of both sides, Nimitz had reserves as to …