Eurasia Press & News

BRUSSELS, April 7 – European Union (EU) foreign policy and security chief Javier Solana expressed concern on Tuesday about violence in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, following Sunday’s parliamentary elections. “I am very concerned over the situation in Chisinau,” said Solana in a statement. 

CHISINAU – Moldova’s opposition parties demanded a fresh election in the former Soviet republic on Tuesday, shortly after protesters concluded a truce with police.   “We call for a new election to be held. And we will win it,” Serafim Urecheanu of Our Moldova, one of three opposition parties to …

A protest in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, turned violent on Tuesday as anti-Communist demonstrators broke into the headquarters of the country’s parliament and the police attempted to disperse them with tear gas and water cannon. Dozens of people were reported injured. The crowd gathered to protest the results of parliamentary …

CHISINAU, Moldova -Anti-Communist protests in Moldova will continue until new legislative elections are called, one of the leaders of the opposition coalition leading the protests said Tuesday. “The protests will continue until a date is set for new elections,” said Chisinau Mayor Dorin Chirtoaca, deputy head of the opposition Liberal …

April 7 – At least 30 people were injured in Moldova when anti-Communist protesters stormed the presidency and parliament buildings in a demonstration against the Communists’ election victory, Agence France-Presse reported. Police officers and protesters were among those hurt, AFP said, citing the chief doctor at the emergency hospital in …

CHISINAU, moldova – Students protesting against a Communist election victory broke into Moldova’s parliament building today, hurling chairs, tables and papers out into the street and setting them ablaze, a Reuters photographer said. Demonstrators poured into the building through smashed windows and proceeded to heap whatever they found on a …

The Sarajevo international airport was closed for some 50 minutes on Monday after an anonymous tip about a bomb planted at the airport. Luckily, the tip was a false alarm, the Dnevni avaz daily reported. The information centre of the Sarajevo international airport received an anonymous tip at around 3:20pm …

Slovenia is set to propose a senior former diplomat as a candidate to head the International Atomic Energy Agency following an inconclusive election last month, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday. Ernest Petric, currently a constitutional court judge and a former Slovenian ambassador to the U.N. nuclear watchdog, was the …

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin earns 11 percent more than his boss, President Dmitry Medvedev, according to asset declarations released on Monday under a Kremlin anti-graft drive. Medvedev, who ordered the disclosures, is technically the most powerful man in Russia, but observers have long claimed that former president Putin is …

ANKARA, Turkey – US President Barack Obama arrived in Ankara late on Sunday (April 5th) on his first official visit to Turkey since taking office in January. During his two-day stay, Obama is meeting with counterpart Abdullah Gul, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other government officials. They will focus …