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Opposition disagrees with PACE president

BELGRADE -- Opposition MPs described on Tuesday as "optimistic" the statements made by Anne Brasseur about the Serbian government's reform measures.

The president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) was addressing parliament earlier in the day.

BELGRADE- Opposition MPs described on Tuesday as optimistic the observation made by President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Anne Brasseur about the Serbian government's reform measures in her address to the Serbian parliament earlier in the day.

BELGRADE- Opposition MPs described on Tuesday as optimistic the observation made by President of the Parliamentary A?embly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Anne Bra?eur about the Serbian government's reform measures in her addre? to the Serbian parliament earlier in the day.

Zoran Zaev, head of the opposition Social Democratic Party, SDSM, has called on people to join the party when it reveals what it promises will be the "most significant, most insolent and most outrageous examples" of electoral fraud committed by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and his ruling VMRO DPMNE party.

Croatia's Office for suppression of corruption and organized crime, USKOK, on Tuesday called for Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandic to be taken back into custody until investigations into his alleged crimes are complete.

Bandic - currently on bail - is accused of using his period at liberty to influence a witness in his upcoming trial, forge documents and undermine the judicial process.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Monday said that the constitution revision process should be completed this year, but an impediment in the National Liberal Party (PNL) may be represented by rallying around the position of the former Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) to oppose the amendment of the fundamental law.

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The ruling VMRO DPMNE party has orchestrated massive electoral fraud during the past elections, using fictive voters, fake ID cards, pressure on individuals and firms and misuse of police and administration, the opposition Social Democrats claimed on Friday.

The High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ, the Supreme Court of Romania - editor's note) has set for March 11 the following date of hearings in the 'Referendum' criminal case, when it decided to hear the witnesses proposed by the defence attorney, among whom Prime minister Victor Ponta.

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The head of Turkey's Religious Affairs, or Diyanet, has once again reacted to a recent Austrian code, which caused debate with items that regulates Islam in the country, saying that the body a plan-B to by-pass the code by training a number of Turkish-origin imams in Turkey before they return to the European country as religious officials.

Sebastian Edathy, a former rising star in Germany's Social Democratic Party, has confessed during his trial to downloading indecent photos and videos of children from the Internet, using his official government laptop in 2013.

According to a Deutsche Welle report, following his confession on Monday, Edathy was handed by the Verden District Court a fine of 5,000 euros.