CHISINAU, Moldova The Moldovan Constitutional Court says it will decide on August 14 whether to order a recount of the July 29 parliamentary elections as requested by the Popular Christian Democrat Party, RFE/RL’s Moldovan Service reports. The Christian Democrats, who allied themselves with the ruling Communist Party over the last …

YEREVAN, Armenia The main opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) has pledged to organize antigovernment protests to press for the release of 21 jailed supporters, RFE/RL’s Armenian Service reported. Levon Zurabian, the HAK’s central office coordinator, said, “We are going to mount a new wave of protests.”

BELGRADE, Serbia The IMF’s approval for increasing the budget deficit, which the government is hopeful of, is only a short-term solution for the economy. The government is ready to ask the International Monetary Fund to allow an increase budget deficit, but it is well aware that it will have to …