Russia and Georgia failed again to reach an agreement on Russia’s accession to the WTO at the next round of talks on Oct. 20, head of the Georgian delegation, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergi Kapanadze told Georgian journalists.

Moldova has set November 18 as the date for a presidential election in a fresh bid to end a leadership crisis which has paralyzed reform in one of Europe’s poorest countries for more than two years.

Eight international peacekeepers were injured on Thursday during an operation to remove barricades set up by Serbs in northern Kosovo, the NATO-led Kosovo peacekeeping force (KFOR) said. “Eight KFOR soldiers were injured so far in the operation,” KFOR’s press office said in a statement. “They were injured by tear gas, …