Eurasia

MOLDOVA The representatives of the four parties do not say what ministries will be dissolved or merged, as well as they did not speak about setting up new ministries. The ruling coalition – the Alliance for European Integration, which consists of the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (LDPM), the Liberal …

MOLDOVA The ruling coalition said that the sides have not agreed upon a concrete candidature for the time being. The Communist Party, which gained 48 out of 101 parliamentary mandates, is waiting for proposals from the ruling coalition – the Alliance for European Integration, which consists of the Liberal Democratic …

The inspected travelers will have to show the cash or documents confirming that the given sum can be withdrawn from bank accounts. The Ukrainian customs service will selectively check if the foreigners that cross the border have money to stay in Ukraine as from August 24. The sum for every …

KYIV, Ukraine Russian leaders are stuck in their imperial past and seem to relish bullying and threatening their neighbors, a senior Ukrainian official has said, responding to a tirade from Moscow the previous day. Relations between Russian and former Soviet republic Ukraine have deteriorated steadily since Kyiv’s Orange Revolution brought …

CHISINAU, Moldova The Moldovan Constitutional Court says it will decide on August 14 whether to order a recount of the July 29 parliamentary elections as requested by the Popular Christian Democrat Party, RFE/RL’s Moldovan Service reports. The Christian Democrats, who allied themselves with the ruling Communist Party over the last …

YEREVAN, Armenia The main opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) has pledged to organize antigovernment protests to press for the release of 21 jailed supporters, RFE/RL’s Armenian Service reported. Levon Zurabian, the HAK’s central office coordinator, said, “We are going to mount a new wave of protests.”

BELGRADE, Serbia The IMF’s approval for increasing the budget deficit, which the government is hopeful of, is only a short-term solution for the economy. The government is ready to ask the International Monetary Fund to allow an increase budget deficit, but it is well aware that it will have to …

PRIŠTINA, Kosovo Kosovo police, KPS, spokesman Arber Beka said last night its members arrested a Serb “suspected of having committed war crimes in Kosovo”. This morning, he said that the Serb, “whose surname is Vučković” was arrested in Prizren. The spokesman specified that the suspect was born in 1973 and …

LESKOVAC, Kosovo Kosovo war veterans from Leskovac in southern Serbia are asking for a meeting with President Boris Tadić, reports said today. They wish to meet with Tadić by August 25, in order to solve the problems regarding the wages owned to them by the state. The former Yugoslav Army …

KRUŠEDOL, Serbia The Serbian Orthodox Krušedol monastery on Mt. Fruška Gora is marking five centuries since its foundation. The anniversary will be celebrated with holy liturgies and a church and folk assembly. Metropolitan of Montenegro and Littoral Amfilohije and 14 bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) served a liturgy …