Bosnia’s Federation government starts auctioning off luxury cars in a meager attempt to meet IMF savings demands. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 8 July approved a previously halted €1.2 billion stand-by arrangement ($1.7 billion) with Bosnia and Herzegovina, designed to ease the effects of the global financial crisis, but …

There are indications that at least two new mass graves are located in the grounds of the former UN peacekeepers’ base in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, local media reported on Friday. The information about the possible mass graves was revealed at the time of the 14th commemoration of the …

Addressing growing calls for a presidential republic, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov refused to say whether this would prompt him to seek the job, the Novinite news agency reports. Borisov was non-committal in addressing an ongoing campaign by former president Zhelyu Zhelev to transform the Bulgarian political system into a …

Romanian President Traian Basescu said Thursday that “opposition and democratic forces” had won the snap parliamentary elections in neighbouring Moldova. Bucharest was waiting expectantly on the results of Wednesday’s Moldovan election, which could help determine whether the former-Soviet republic remains in Russia’s orbit.

După procesarea a 100% a buletinelor de vot, neoficial, raportul de mandate este următorul: PCRM-48 mandate PLDM- 18 mandate PL-15 mandate PD-13 mandate AMN-7 mandate

CHISINAU, Moldova It may be the most enigmatic corner of Europe: a hardscrabble communist holdout run by a dour president who still keeps a bust of Lenin on his desk. “Europe’s largest illegal duty-free shop,” a diplomat once called Moldova, known for rampant trafficking in arms, drugs, cigarettes and sex. …

MOLDOVA An electoral victory for Moldova’s opposition parties over the ruling Communists soured on Thursday as doubts emerged that the fragmented opposition could band together to appoint a new president. The vote in Europe’s poorest country was a re-run of an election three months ago, which ended in violence after …

Partidul Comuniştilor din R. Moldova (PCRM) este disponibil pentru un dialog principial şi cointeresat cu toate forţele politice reprezentate în parlamentul nou ales. Declaraţia aparţine preşedintelui PCRM, Vladimir Voronin, formulată într-o adresare către alegători. 

„Nu putem spune că aceste alegeri au fost libere şi corecte în condiţiile în care campania electorală a fost una plină de fraude, care au persistat chiar şi în ziua alegerilor, PCRM neglijând regulile de joc. Dar chiar şi aşa, opoziţia a învins, iar PCRM nu mai are nici o …

Albania’s religious leaders said Thursday that they rejected a government proposal to extend marriage rights to gay couples. Speaking to local daily Gazeta Shqiptare, the head of Albania’s Muslim community, Shkelqim Muca, rejected the proposal, arguing that, in his community’s view, gay marriage was unacceptable.