Trans-Dniester votes for split
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Voters in Moldova's breakaway Trans-Dniester region back a plan to unite with Russia, officials say.
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KIEV -- Ukraine's political rivals agreed early today on legislation to ensure a fair vote during the rerun later this month of the presidential runoff but remained divided on constitutional amendments trimming presidential powers.
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Voting is due to being in Hungary on a double referendum on citizenship rights and the health care system. Voters are being asked whether to offer citizenship to about 5 million ethnic Hungarians living outside Hungary.
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Sunday's referendum in Transdniestria, a separatist province of Moldova, could boost other regional efforts.
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Ukraine&#39;s Parliament and Supreme Court are again in session as fears grow of a split in the nation if a solution to the electoral standoff is not found soon.
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The Russian State Duma voted 430-0 with no abstentions at its session on Wednesday to ratify a protocol with Ukraine to partially abolish registration requirements for Russian and Ukrainian citizens.
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One unfortunate outcome of Ukraine&#39;s disputed presidential election is that it has brought into stark relief an east-west divide within that large country.
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Bosnians appeared split in key elections on the country's future Sunday, with Muslims and Catholic Croats voting for politicians who want to unify the Balkan nation, but Serbs backing a candidate who advocates ethnic division, early results showed.
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BUDAPEST, Dec. 12 (IPS) - Democratic or not, results say Igor Smirnov,  incumbent leader of the self-proclaimed  Republic of  Transnistria, will stay for a fourth consecutive term as he  promises to push the  region into a Russian embrace.
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KIEV, Dec 13 (IPS) - Most western analysts rejoice in what they describe  as the latest struggle for democracy in former Soviet territory,  but among the divided Ukrainian and Russian commentators the mood  is slightly different. Some ask why for the West democracy is  orange, and the blue votes do not count.
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Russian State Duma deputy Konstantin Zatulin, who is a member of CIS mission of observers at the Ukrainian presidential elections, notes an increased participation of Crimean residents in the voting.
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Ukrainian voters began going to the polls to elect the country&#39;s third president, who will either move the former Soviet republic closer to Russia or seek stronger ties with the European Union.
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Up to 31 million Russians voted on Sunday in regional elections expected to reinforce the dominance of two big pro-Kremlin parties ahead of nationwide parliamentary polls in December.
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BRUSSELS, Feb 21 (IPS) - Wishing to emulate Kosovo's example, the  Moldovan breakaway region of Transnistria is increasingly  rejecting the prospect of a unified state, just as the European  Union (EU) begins to step in.
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DONETSK, Ukraine  - Andriy Reshetnyak tied a Russian flag to the Ukrainian one, joining thousands of demonstrators backing a referendum on autonomy for their eastern province on Donetsk's central Lenin Square on Monday.
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Ukrainians on Sunday choose a new president in a landmark poll offering a choice between the ex-Soviet state's prime minister, backed by Russia, and a liberal rival seeking gradual integration with the West.
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KIEV : Ukrainians voted for a new president, choosing between a Western-leaning reformer and their pro-Russian prime minister, in a bitterly-fought contest that many fear could provoke turmoil and even ...