Egypt, Vietnam and Cambodia are the latest countries to begin issuing visas to Kosovo passport holders, despite not recognising the state. According to research by the website KosovoThanksYou, Kosovars citizens have visited Egypt, Vietnam and Cambodia in recent months using passports of the Republic of Kosovo. More than 20 countries …

MACEDONIA Macedonia’s main opposition party, the Social Democrats, SDSM, will put up a tough fight in challenging the government’s economic policies, and will provide alternatives, leader Branko Crvenkovski says. The drafting of the party’s new platform, which focuses largely on the economy, is nearly finished, he said in an interview …

MOLDOVA The Transnistrians eligible to vote, who make up over 9% of the voters, were intimidated and disfavored in the July 29 elections, shows the final monitoring report of Promo-LEX Association presented on August 25. According to the report, only 5,000 of the 223,000 Moldovans in Transnistria could exercise their …