Elections
Bulgarian president ready to organise referendum on electoral system
01/07/2008
SOFIA, Bulgaria -- President Georgi Parvanov said on Monday (June 30th) he may initiate a referendum on introducing a majority voting element to the...
Election rerun in Macedonia goes smoothly
30/06/2008
SKOPJE, Macedonia -- The second election rerun in 15 polling stations Sunday (June 29th) wrapped up peacefully and without violations, says State Ele...
Bulgaria's ruling party proposes changes to campaign financing, registration guidelines
30/06/2008
SOFIA, Bulgaria -- The ruling Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) unveiled plans Sunday (June 29th) to propose a package of measures to beef up financial...
Macedonians in 15 polling stations vote again for parliament
29/06/2008
SKOPJE, Macedonia -- Voters in 15 polling stations went to the polls Sunday (June 29th) for the third time in a month to elect parliament members. Th...
VMRO-DPMNE receives mandate to form Macedonian government
23/06/2008
SKOPJE, Macedonia -- VMRO-DPMNE leader and incumbent Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, whose party won the June 1st snap elections, received a mandate...
New turn in talks on forming Serbian government
23/06/2008
The coalition led by the Socialist Party of Serbia has launched talks with the pro-European bloc headed by Serbian President Boris Tadic.
Independent candidate becomes Bucharest mayor
16/06/2008
BUCHAREST, Romania -- Independent candidate Sorin Oprescu won the Bucharest mayoral race in Sunday's (June 15th) local elections. He attracted 54.3%...
DUI beats DPA in Macedonian revote
16/06/2008
SKOPJE, Macedonia -- The ethnic Albanian Union for Integration (DUI) won more votes than its main rival, the Democratic Party of Albanians (DPA), dur...
Macedonia repeats June 1st vote at 187 polling stations
15/06/2008
SKOPJE, Macedonia -- Macedonian voters on Sunday (June 15th) cast ballots in a revote forced by major violations and armed violence during the June 1...
Romanians vote in second round of local elections
15/06/2008
BUCHAREST, Romania -- Voters in 183 municipalities went to the polls on Sunday (June 15th) in a runoff following the June 1st vote. Only 1,707 mayors...
Helsinki Committee describes June 1st snap elections as worst in Macedonia's history
10/06/2008
SKOPJE, Macedonia -- The June 1st snap elections were the worst in Macedonia's history, the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights said in a report publ...
Macedonia to conduct revote in 193 polling stations
08/06/2008
SKOPJE, Macedonia -- The State Election Commission (SEC) announced on Saturday (June 7th) that it will conduct a revote on June 15th in the 193 polli...
Main Bosniak parties to form joint ticket for local elections in RS
06/06/2008
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- Recently strained relations between the two largest Bosniak parties, the Party for BiH (SBiH) and the Party...
OSCE sees "massive violations" in Macedonian parliamentary elections
03/06/2008
SKOPJE, Macedonia -- Observers from the OSCE said on Monday (June 2nd) that massive violations marred Sunday's snap elections. In an official stateme...
Romania elects local leadership
03/06/2008
Candidates will weather runoffs on June 15th after Sunday's elections decided few mayoralties.
