MOLDOVA The early parliamentary elections, which began in the Republic of Moldova at 7am local time on Wednesday, may now be considered as valid. A Central Election Commission member said that as on 3pm local time, the turnout “has exceeded the necessary one-third of voters”. By law, the voter turnout …

MOLDOVA The Promo-LEX association finds irregularities in using mobile ballot boxes. It issues a communique reading that a man introducing himself as the president of the War and Labor Association took voter lists to three polling stations in Causeni town and asked for the mobile ballot box to be taken …

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic has refused to rule out the possibility of recognising Kosovo’s independence in an interview with the BBC. Jemeric told the BBC’s World Tonight programme on Monday night that Serbia wanted negotiations with Pristina, adding that Belgrade would be “very flexible”. Asked explicitly if the Serbian …