BELGRADE, Serbia — The Republic Election Commission (RIK) presented on Thursday (January 25th) the final results of the Sunday’s parliamentary elections. There were few surprises.

BRUSSELS, Belgium — EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs implied on Thursday (January 25th) that Bulgaria should not try to reopen discussions on reactors 3 and 4 of the Kozloduy nuclear plant.

SKOPJE, Macedonia — EU envoy to Macedonia Erwan Fouere and British Ambassador Robert Chatterton Dickson issued separate statements Thursday (January 25th)

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) — The Federation of BiH (FBiH) Parliament’s House of Peoples (HoP) finally held its constituent session Thursday (January 25th)

ANKARA, Turkey — Industry and Trade Minister Ali Coskun met with Croatian Economy Minister Branko Vukelic in Ankara on Thursday (January 25th)

STRASBOURG, France — The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a report on Albania Thursday (January 25th).

PARIS, France — Turkey and Greece were among the countries that pledged to assist Lebanon’s reconstruction, during an international donor conference in Paris on Thursday (January 25th).

ANKARA, Turkey — Prosecutors have charged five people in connection with the murder last week of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. The suspects include the confessed triggerman Ogun Samast, 17.

BUCHAREST, Romania — Some 400 Chinese women working in a textile factory in the northern Romanian town of Bacau have called a strike to protest wages and living conditions.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An Iranian lawmaker said here on Saturday that US President’s recent order for the US army to arrest and kill Iranians in Iraq illustrates that Bush is fearful of the development of Tehran-Baghdad relations.