September, 2010

• 6 September

  Moldova referendum fails due to low turnout: results

  The constitutional referendum held Sunday on directly electing the Moldovan president was declared invalid after turnout fell short of the 33 percent minimum required, official results showed. “The provisional turnout figure of 29.67 percent is representative of the results and is considered quasi-final,” the head of the Central Election Commission …

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• 6 September

  Moldovan ruling coalition confident of referendum’s success

  Moldova’s Acting President Mihai Ghimpu said on Sunday he was convinced Moldovans would go to the polls and end the country’s political deadlock. Moldova held the first-ever referendum Sunday to decide whether the country would transfer the power of electing a president from parliament consent to popular votes.

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• 6 September

  UN war crimes judges: Karadzic trial could stretch into 2014

  The trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic could take more than four years, judges at the UN war crimes tribunal warned on Friday (September 3rd). The trial opened in October 2009 and was

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• 6 September

  Albanian President urges UN to reject Serbia’s resolution on Kosovo

  Albanian President Bamir Topi urged the UN General Assembly on Friday (September 3rd) not to back Serbia’s draft resolution on Kosovo at the upcoming session in New York and to instead recognise Pristina’s

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• 3 September

  Serbian President to visit Slovenia

  Serbian President Boris Tadić will visit Slovenia today, where he will meet with Slovenian PM Borut Pahor. Serbia’s draft Kosovo resolution, submitted to the UN General Assembly, is expected to be discussed. Tadić will attend a private dinner with Pahor, it has been announced.

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• 3 September

  New EULEX deputy head appointed

  British diplomat Andy Sparkes has been appointed new deputy head of the European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX) in Kosovo. Sarkes currently serves as

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• 3 September

  Turkish president visits Bosnia

  Turkish President Abdullah Gul said in Sarajevo on Thursday his country was “ready to increase current political and economic cooperation” with Bosnia. He underlined

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• 3 September

  Moldova to hold referendum to change the country’s constitution on September 5

  Moldovan voters will head to polling stations on September 5 in a referendum to change the country’s constitution to end the year-long political logjam, caused by parliament’s inability to elect a president.

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• 3 September

  Romania’s government has 6 new ministers

  Six new Romanian ministers have been sworn-in in front of Romanian President Traian Basescu. The move on Friday came a day after Romania’s Prime Minister Emil Boc announced

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• 3 September

  Turkey takes over UN Security Council’s rotating presidency

  Turkey took over the month-long rotating presidency of the UN Security Council on Wednesday (September 1st). The previous holder was Russia. On September 23rd, Turkish President Abdullah Gul will

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