Eurasia Press & News

INGUSHETIA A suicide bomber has inflicted the deadliest attack on the Russian republic of Ingushetia in five years.  At least 20 people were killed when a truck packed with explosives rammed into the gates of the police headquarters in the city of Nazran. 

SKOPJE, Macedonia Macedonia will respond to the latest proposals for solving the Athens-Skopje name row this week, the country’s negotiator to the UN-mediated talks, Zoran Jolevski, told local media. Jolevski, who is in Skopje for consultations with the state leadership, said on Sunday that he already spoken to President Georgi …

BELGRADE, Serbia Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic says that a draft protocol for cooperation between Serbian police and the EU rule of law mission in Kosovo, EULEX, has been completed, daily Politika reports Monday. “It is in our best interests to stop crime in our territory […] and that is …

TIRANA, Albania Albanian Socialist Party leader Edi Rama confirmed Monday that he will seek to retain the party leadership in the movement’s upcoming extraordinary congress. Speaking to Tirana daily Shekulli, Rama said, “I will run for re-election,” adding that, despite calls for his resignation, he was proud of the internal …

SKOPJE, Macedonia New legislation, reforming the functioning of parliament in line with EU accession pre-conditions, looks set to feature on the agenda of Monday’s legislative session. After a short summer break, Macedonia’s legislators have until September 15 to pass a series of laws that the European Commission, EC, has set …

BUCHAREST, Romania Romania’s squabbling governing coalition agreed on Monday to put aside its differences, agreeing 32 anti-crisis measures that will be enforced on September 1. Prime Minister Emil Boc’s Democrat-Liberals (PD-L) and the Social Democrat Party (PSD) agreed to increase budget revenues, to cut budget spending and to increase liquidity …

SARAJEVO, BANJALUKA Valentin Incko, visoki predstavnik za BiH, zatražio je juče od zemljišnoknjižnih ureda i katastara da pripreme sve informacije o državnoj imovini kako bi bio ubrzan njen popis, saopšteno je iz OHR-a. “Visoki predstavnik je uputio pismo zemljišnoknjižnim uredima i katastrima u BiH u kojem traži da pripreme sve …

KOSOVO New Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen made his maiden visit to Kosovo yesterday to evaluate his plans to trim the alliance’s security mission in the breakaway Serbian province a decade after war. Rasmussen, a former Danish prime minister, hopes to gradually wind down the presence of Nato’s 13,800-strong Kosovo …

MOLDOVA According to this information, Chairman of the Democratic Party of Moldova Marian Lupu will occupy the President’s post, Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova Vlad Filat – the Parliament Chairman’s post, Leader of the Moldova Noastra Alliance Serafim Urechean – the Prime Minister’s post. Leaders the Alliance …

MOLDOVA The decision is final and takes effect upon pronouncement. The Constitutional Court on Friday validated the outcome of the July 29 elections and confimed the distribution of seats in parliament: 48 for PCRM, 18 for PLDM, 15 for PL, 13 for PDM, and 7 for AMN. The Court dismissed …