Social Democratic Party

The government will issue an emergency ordinance on Thursday that allows elected local officials opting within 45 days for another party, without thus losing the places they won, Prime Minister Victor Ponta.

The Prime Minister of the breakaway pro-Russian enclave in eastern Ukraine, the Republic of Donetsk, on Monday said 14 Serbian volunteers had joined his embattled forces.

Aleksandr Zakharchenko said his troops were drawing volunteers from all over the world, Russia's NTV reported.

Serbia plans to penalise locals who go off to fighting in foreign conflicts, jailing those who organise volunteers by up to 12 years, while the fighters themseslves could get from one to five years.

The National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) informs that prosecutors ordered the launching of a criminal investigation on senator Dan Sova for three counts of complicity to abuse of office, allegedly perpetrated while he was the legal representative of the Sova & Associates law firm, and resulting in obtaining undue benefits for himself or for others.

All the national organisations of the Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) of the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) are asking the Ombudsman to notify the Constitutional Court of Romania immediately abut Government Emergency Ordinance (OUG) 49 /2014, after PDL did so on July 4.

At a meeting on Wednesday, the Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) of the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) decided to convene their leading boards on Monday to pick the candidate of the Right in this autumn's presidential election.

Macedonia's opposition Social Democratic Party, SDSM, has accused Chief Prosecutor Marko Zvrlevski of deliberately choosing a national holiday to let slip that the Police Minister will be not investigated for corruption.

The announcement emerged over the August 2 holiday of St Elijah,  Ilinden in Macedonian, when Macedonia celebrates one of its biggest national vacations.

National leader of the National Liberal Party (PNL) Klaus Iohannis believes the final breakaway of former PNL leader Calin Popescu Tariceanu from all Liberal roots is inevitable, telling the people that a vote for Tariceanu is in fact a vote for Victor Ponta.

Following a two-month political crisis over who should run the capital city, Montenegro's Social Democratic Party, SDP, which is led by the speaker of parliament, Ranko Krivokapic, has asked the opposition parties to support the formation of a provisional "technical" government.

SDP-DPS Feud Escalates

The executive board of the ruling Social Democratic Party, PSD, on Tuesday was due to announce that Victor Ponta will run for the party in the presidential elections in November, when Traian Basescu's term expires.

While Ponta, 42, is widely tipped to win the vote, according to polls, the Prime Minister himself said the race was wide open.