TBILISI/MOSCOW Georgia on Tuesday became the first country to withdraw from the CIS grouping of former Soviet republics in the latest and most blatant sign of rebellion against Moscow in its own backyard. In the wake of its devastating five-day war with Russia last August, Georgia vowed to quit the …

SKOPJE, Macedonia A racially motivated scuffle involving ethnic Macedonian football fans and Albanian residents of Skopje’s Nerezi district has drawn strong condemnation from all sides. Women and children were reportedly among the seven people injured in the incident, which took place late on Sunday. A standoff ensued between groups of …

BiH Some Bosnian Serb officials and media organs have expressed concern that hidden intelligence and military motives lurk behind NATO’s decision to hold a major exercise in Bosnia this September. “There is no doubt that NATO is militarily and politically extremely powerful and that this Alliance carries out whatever it …

MACEDONIA Macedonia’s parliament adopted a new Law on Parliament after heated debate on Monday night, in a session boycotted by an opposition ethnic Albanian party. The Democratic Party of Albanians, DPA , kept its pledge to boycott parliament from this week, in lieu of the collapse of the ruling coalition. …

BELGRADE, Serbia Police have found two pistols in the vehicle of the leader of the Islamic Community in Serbia, Adem Zilkic, the Serbian Interior Ministry confirmed on Tuesday. Belgrade police discovered the weapons during a routine search. The pistols were confiscated by the Prosecutor’s Office since Zilkic and his driver, …

BiH Šefovi i uposlenici u organima lokalne samouprave u BiH jako dobro zarađuju, odgovornost je dosta mala, a imaju i razne beneficije. Nabrojano posao u općinskim i gradskim administracijama čini veoma atraktivnim i poželjnim. U vrijeme krize, kada svi nivoi vlasti štede, mnoge opštine u Federaciji BiH jednostavno ignoriraju obavezu …

SARAJEVO, BiH Prijedlog za ukidanje paušala i naknada za rad u komisijama poslanicima i delegatima parlamenta BiH neće dobiti podršku članova SNSD-a u državnom parlamentu. “Ne možemo podržati ukidanje paušala jer je to naknada koju imaju poslanici u svim parlamentima svijeta. Ne želimo glasati ni za ukidanje naknada za rad …

BiH Umjesto zatvorskim kaznama, sudovi nedozvoljeno nošenje oružja kažnjavaju uslovnim kaznama, kaže Željko Mijatović, ministar unutrašnjih poslova Kantona Sarajevo. “Zbog toga imamo situaciju da policija često iste osobe hapsi zbog posjedovanja nelegalnog oružja, a oni su stalno na slobodi”, ističe Mijatović. NN: Građani Sarajeva opet protestuju zbog brutalnih ubistava… MIJATOVIĆ: …

CHISINAU, Moldova The Alliance for European Integration (AEI) has not yet fixed the place and date of the meeting with representatives of the Communist Party (PCRM), the PL leader Mihai Ghimpu said. “We, the leaders of the four parties (the PLDM, PL, PDM and AMN – e.n.) will meet and …

CHISINAU, Moldova “It is evident that holding simultaneously the post of head of state, part of the executive and head of Parliament Vladimir Voronin violates the principle of separation of the powers in the state stipulated in the Constitution,” said Vitalie Catana, expert of the Institute for Public Policy (IPP). …