Eurasia

Belgrade – Serbia will not develop a nuclear power plant for at least another decade, Petar Skundric, the country’s Mining and Energy Minister says.

Zagreb – Croatian police are bringing murder and conspiracy charges against five suspects in the high-profile killing last week of a newspaper editor and his murder chief.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and Libya are negotiating a deal under which Moscow would build nuclear research reactors for the North African state and supply fuel, officials said on Saturday.

TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s parliament endorsed career diplomat Grigol Mgaloblishvili as prime minister on Saturday in a step billed by President Mikheil Saakashvili as the start of a reform drive.

QUETTA (Reuters) – Relief efforts in a Pakistani valley hit by a powerful earthquake this week are turning to preparing thousands of homeless for a freezing winter, officials said on Saturday, as aftershocks jolted survivors.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Russia has not received any proposals from Iran concerning establishing a security zone in the Caucasus, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters.

Bucharest – Campaigning for seats in Romania’s parliament officially kicked off this Friday, with 2,965 candidates competing in the November 30 elections.

Sarajevo – A man was arrested in northwestern Bosnia in relation to last week’s assassination of Croatian newspaper editor Ivo Pukanic and his marketing chief, Niko Franjic.

Skopje – Macedonia’s banking system remains stable and continues its dynamic growth, the National Bank of Macedonia said on Thursday, pointing to a rise in banks’ assets and profits in the first months of this year.

Pristina – Brussels has no doubts that the EU’s law-and-order mission, EULEX, will be operational in December, says the spokeswoman for the bloc’s foreign policy chief Javier Solana.