Eurasia

The candidate who came third place in Romania’s presidential elections has thrown his support behind the runner-up in Sunday’s ballot Mircea Geoana, leader of the Social Democrats. Crin Antonescu finished third with 20.25 per cent of the vote, according to preliminary data with 86 per cent of the ballots counted.

Serbia on Monday opened its largest army base Jug (South) located near Bujanovac, just few kilometers off the border with Kosovo. Serbia’s top military and state officials attended the opening ceremony. The base is located some 30 kilometers off the border between Macedonia and Serbia. Local Albanian politicians warned of …

Serbian Minister of Infrastructure Milutin Mrkonjic says that works on the Serbian part of the pan-European Corridor 10 highway will continue next year, despite the tight government budget. Mrkonjic said he can guarantee that “the last section of 307 kilometers of Corridor 10 will be finished by May 2012.”

The Republic of Moldova counts on Russia’s assistance, and would like to complete credit negotiations as soon as possible, Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat said here today during his meeting with Russia Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

The Netherlands will support visa liberalization and the start of Macedonia’s EU accession talks, Dutch Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin said on Monday. He made the remarks after the signing of a Memorandum of Intent for the Dutch MATRA Programme – project on strengthening the national penitentiary system in line …

A high-level Slovenian Interior Ministry delegation, led by Minister Katarina Kresal and Police Commissioner Janko Gorsek, will visit Macedonia on November 23-24. Slovenian delegation will hold meetings with President Gjorge Ivanov and Interior Minister Gordana Jankulovska.

Romanians has supported reducing Romania’s Parliament to a single chamber at the Sunday’s referendum for reform in the Parliament, Central Election Bureau released.

Bulgaria considers participating in the EU police mission in Afghanistan, announced Bulgarian Defense Minister Nikolay Mladenov. This is to say that Bulgaria will send one or more experts. Mladenov did not specify from which ministry the expert would be – Interior Ministry, Foreign Ministry or Defense Ministry. The type and …

European Parliament rapporteur for Serbia Jelko Kacin said that it is unrealistic for Serbia to apply for EU candidacy by the year’s end. After talks late Sunday with Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic, Kacin said that candidacy for membership is a game unlike poker that has clear rules by which …

Macedonia’s Prime Minister has failed to present a platform for resolving the country’s burning row with Greece, leaving a space that is wide-open for speculation, the former Foreign Minister Ilinka Mitreva said in an interview for local media. Macedonia urgently needs a national platform regarding this issue, she said. This …