Romania’s parliament will hold a confidence vote on the country’s shadow government on November 4. Prime minister designate Lucian Croitoru unveiled his proposed cabinet line-up last Friday. It features only 14 posts, compared to 19 posts in the outgoing government.

According to PSE, “these actions cause a considerable instability in the Moldovan society”. The European Left Party (PSE) is concerned with the first actions of the liberal-democratic governance from Moldova, “that is a step backward in the development of Moldova democratic institutions”.

Official negotiations between Serbia and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) began today in Belgrade. The talks concern the EUR 2.9bn loan and the country’s budget for 2010. These are the first meetings concerning the second and third revision of the loan arrangement, and see participation from IMF delegation members and …