Our Party

And, as a parliamentary republic, the prerogatives of the new president are limited. Without the support of a parliamentary majority, which would then form a pro-European government, Sandu's political agenda will continuously be countered by Dodon and the PSRM.

Thousands of Moldovans rallied on Thursday in Chisinau in front of parliament to protest against the move by the Socialist Party and the outgoing President, Igor Dodon, to prevent the incoming president from running the Security and Information Service, SIS.

Each problem is helpfully embodied by the two mentioned political blocs: the SDA is an avatar of Bosnia's kleptocratic political elite, while the SNSD is the most significant threat to the country's sovereignty.

Because these are distinct problems, they require distinct solutions. And in each case, the results of the municipal elections have offered a path forward.

The People's Movement Party (PMP) Chairman Eugen Tomac announced on Wednesday that, at the consultations with President Klaus Iohannis, the PMP upheld the organization of the diaspora vote over two days. "In the talks with President Klaus Iohannis, I informed the Presidential Administration that the People's Movement Party is calling for a two-day vote for the Diaspora.

A coalition of non-Serbian parties, "Together for Bosnia", which gathers nine Bosnian Croat and Bosniak parties, will contest the October general elections in Republika Srpska together, representing what they describe as a pro-Bosnian platform.

The demolition of a statue of Russian communist leader Vladimir Lenin in a small town in northeastern Moldova has angered Communist and Socialist pro-Russian politicians and their supporters - who have threatened retaliation.

Bosnia has no an effective gambling law, despite having the highest registered number of betting shops per resident in Europe.

"We aren't satisfied by the current regulation," Nermana Mehic-Basara, a neuropsychiatrist and director the Public Institute for Addiction Diseases in Sarajevo, told BIRN on Thursday.

A party in Bosnia, Our Party [Nasa Stranka], on December 30 said it had filed a lawsuit before the Sarajevo Cantonal Prosecutor against Salmir Kaplan, the Federation entity's Culture and Sports Minister, for misusing his official position and authority.