The Kazakh opposition party Ak Zhol has applied to register Alikhan Baimenov as its presidential candidate. The party submitted an extract from the protocol of its special congress, which nominated Ak Zhol leader Baimenov as the party’s presidential candidate, to the Kazakh Central Elections Commission along with a written statement …

Georgia’s leadership plans to set up a Coordinating Negotiation Group for the country’s conflict with its breakaway South Ossetia region, a body that will conduct hourly monitoring of the situation in the area, President Mikheil Saakashvili said on Friday. The group will include State Separatist Conflicts Minister Giorgi Khaindrava, Interior …

Belarussian opposition forces are determined to push for democratic changes in the country, Belarussian Popular Front Chairman Vintsuk Vyachorka said at a seminar in Vilnius. “There is no need to talk about the colors of a revolution. We know that it will be Belarussian,” Vyachorka said. “We understand that we …