Eurasia

BiH Bojan Cvijan, djelatnik Državne agencije za istrage i zaštitu (SIPA), koji je nedavno uhapšen zbog povezanosti s kriminalnom grupom Darka Eleza, od maja prošle godine imao je pristup najpovjerljivijim podacima. Saglasnost za pristup tajnim podacima Cvijanu je dala Obavještajno-sigurnosna agencija BiH (OSA).

BiH The members of the Alliance for European Integration expressed their dissatisfaction with the fact that Vladimir Voronin did not announced his decision to resign as head of state in the Parliament. Izmjenama Krivičnog zakona BiH, kojima je omogućeno oduzimanje nezakonito stečene imovine, nije predviđeno i osnivanje posebne institucije zadužene …

MOLDOVA Liberal Democratic Party leader MP Vlad Filat, who has been authorized by the governing Alliance for European Integration to form a new Government as its would-be Premier, stated to Infotag this noon before going to parliament’s plenary sitting that the new Cabinet of Ministers may well be in place …

MOLDOVA The Parliament Friday constituted nine permanent commissions, by one fewer than in the previous legislature. Four of the commissions will be headed by Communist MPs, while the other five by members of the Alliance for European Integration. The legal commission for appointments and immunities will be headed by the …

MOLDOVA Parliament speaker Mihai Ghimpu is to serve as Moldova’s ad interim president, under a decision adopted Friday by the legislature, following prolonged debates. The decision is to be submitted to the Constitutional Court for validation. Communist MP Vladimir Turcan suggested the adoption of the decision should be postponed until …

ROMANIA The delegation of the Turkmen Majlis (Parliament), headed by the chairman of the Majlis Akja Nurberdiyeva will visit Bucharest on September 15-18, 2009 to develop inter-parliamentary relations. Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov speaking about importance of inter-parliamentary relations at the state conference stressed the need in further strengthening of mutually …

ROMANIA Romanian President Traian Basescu is expected to visit Kazakhstan in late October, Deputy Economy and Budget Planning Minister, Teymur Suleymanov, said. The 8th meeting of the Kazakh-Romanian intergovernmental commission for trade and economic cooperation is held on the eve of the Romanian President’s visit, which is scheduled for late …

RUSSIA Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Friday gave his strongest indication yet that he may run again for the presidency at the next election in 2012. Ever since Putin’s presidential term expired last year and he made way for his chosen successor Dmitry Medvedev, there has been speculation the move was …

BULGARIA Bulgarian officials on Friday hailed an EU decision to release millions of euros in farming aid to Sofia that had been frozen since last year over fraud concerns, AFP commented. On Thursday, the European Commission authorised payments of 109.6 million euros (160 million dollars), blocked since last July, under …

TURKEY Contrary to the all-too-common statements in the press, Turkey and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are no more likely to sign an agreement on the sidelines of the upcoming IMF World Bank Annual Meetings in İstanbul than they were at any time before or after the summit, said Caroline …