Eurasia

Republic of Moldova residents having the Ukrainian citizenship, including those living in Moldova’s Transnistrian region, will be able to take part in the January 17, 2010 Ukrainian presidential elections only at the two polling stations that will be opened at the Ukrainian Embassy in Chisinau and at the Ukrainian Consulate …

Montenegrin Deputy PM Svetozar Marović says his country “most sincerely wants to have the best possible relations with Serbia”. Podgorica will not establish diplomatic relations with Kosovo before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rules on the legality of the unilateral Kosovo Albanian proclamation, he said.

Romania’s Constitutional Court called for a recount of votes annulled in Sunday’s presidential runoff vote, it said on Friday, a ruling that could possibly overturn incumbent Traian Basescu’s narrow victory.

European Council President-designate Herman van Rompuy will pay a brief working visit to Bulgaria on December 14 2009, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov told journalists in Brussels.

The Georgian parliament has postponed the adoption of the statement on Russia’s actions in the territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia to Tuesday in connection with the fact that Dec.12 Abkhazia will held so-called presidential elections.

The European Commission is negotiating an Association Agreement with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, Ambassador of Sweden for the South Caucasus, Mr. Hans Gunnar Aden said. “Discussions on relaxation of visa regime with Armenia, as one of the Eastern Partnership components, have already started in the European Council. During the Swedish …

Serbian President Boris Tadic said Croatia’s defence of Kosovo’s independence in front of the International Court of Justice, ICJ, are harming relations between the two neighbours. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday at the Palic lake, Tadic said that Croatia’s arguments at the court amount to interference in Belgrade’s …

As the departure date for international judges and prosecutors working in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s state court approaches, pressure is growing on the High Representative’s Office to make a decision on whether to extend their stay. Prime Minister of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik, and Nebojsa Radmanovic, the Serb member of the …

Bosnian security forces have rearrested three men on charges of terrorism and illegal weapons trafficking in a renewed attempt by the prosecution to prove the group’s international terror network connections, having failed to indict them previously due to lack of evidence, Anes Alic writes for ISN Security Watch. Arrested for …

„Îi dorim mult succes şi Dumnezeu să ne ajute în ceea ce avem de făcut împreună” (Mihai Ghimpu, preşedintele RM) „Rezultatul pe care l-a obţinut Traian Băsescu este cel pe care l-a meritat în R. Moldova” (Vlad Filat, premierul RM) Alegerile prezidenţiale din România au marcat mai multe premiere. Una …