Parliaments

Serbs in Kosovo establish parallel parliament

29/06/2008

PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Serbs in Kosovo established their own parliament on Saturday (June 28th), headquartered in the town of Serb-dominated northern pa...
Kosovo president criticises plans for parallel Serb parliament

27/06/2008

PRISTINA, Kosovo -- President Fatmir Sejdiu said on Thursday (June 26th) that hard-line Serb leaders in the former Serbian province are trying to des...
Macedonia's new parliament holds constituent session

22/06/2008

SKOPJE, Macedonia -- The new parliament held its constituent session Saturday (June 21st), approving the mandates of 114 of the 120 lawmakers. The ma...
Kosovo Serb parliament to be formed on June 15th

09/06/2008

PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Kosovo Serbs announced Friday (June 6th) in Mitrovica the establishment of a parallel parliament at the state level in Kosovo, ba...
Parliament discusses law on Kosovo holidays

21/05/2008

PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Some members of parliament say they will oppose the law on official holidays unless key dates from Albanian history are included....
Kosovo Serbs plan to form own parliament

08/05/2008

PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Serbs in Kosovo plan to form their own parliament after Sunday's (May 11th) elections in Serbia, Marko Jaksic, leader of the Serb...
BiH establishes National Minority Council

24/04/2008

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- The government established the National Minority Council on Wednesday (April 23rd) in Sarajevo, electing Ne...
EC welcomes political consensus in Albania regarding constitutional changes

23/04/2008

TIRANA, Albania -- The office of the European Commission (EC) in Albania praised on Tuesday (April 22nd) the level of consensus reached by the two bi...
New electoral system causes rift in Albania's leftist alliance

23/04/2008

TIRANA, Albania -- Following approval by parliament of constitutional amendments concerning the electoral system, the coalition of left-wing parties...
Macedonian parliament dissolves, early elections set for June

13/04/2008

SKOPJE, Macedonia -- After two days of debate, parliament decided on Saturday (April 12th) to dissolve itself and hold new elections on June 1st. Fif...
Report: Bulgarian drug trafficking finances key terrorist groups

10/04/2008

A Bulgarian parliamentary committee adopted a report Wednesday suggesting that part of the funding for operations by terrorist organisations such as Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad came from drug trafficking through Bulgaria.
Macedonian parliament to vote on dissolution

10/04/2008

SKOPJE, Macedonia -- Lawmakers will vote Thursday (April 10th) on a proposal to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, a move that is unpreceden...
Kosovo parliament adopts constitution

10/04/2008

PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Members of parliament adopted a constitution Wednesday (April 9th) that defines Kosovo as a parliamentary republic in which Alban...
DUI calls for early parliamentary elections in Macedonia

08/04/2008

SKOPJE, Macedonia -- The leading ethnic Albanian party in the country, the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI), plans to submit a proposal Tuesday...
Serb representatives return to Kosovo institutions

24/03/2008

Two Serb ministers attended a government meeting Thursday, and a party leader pledged that lawmakers will resume their work in parliament. Many Kosovo Serbs, however, say the representatives have no real mandate to represent their community.