Left-wing politics

BELGRADE - Bojan Pajtic, the leader of the opposition Democratic Party (DS), called on ambassadors in Serbia, international organizations, organizations for the protection of human rights and sister organizations of the DS to point out that human rights are being violated and political opponents are being persecuted in Serbia under the veil of the fight against corruption.

After Aleksandar Vulin, Serbia's labour minister, said that the government managed to cut unemployment by more than six per cent in a year, experts cautioned that the labour market outlook is not as rosy as he has suggested.

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Police working to find authors of anti-Roma leaflets

BELGRADE -- The police are working to discover who produced leaflets that openly call for violence, lynch, and hate speech toward the Roma.

The Republic of Serbia will not tolerate any kind of discrimination, the MUP said on Monday.

Pro-EU parties win most votes in Moldova

Three main pro-European Moldovan parties are likely to form a new ruling coalition since together they won the most votes in Sunday's election.

Despite the fact that the pro-Russian Socialist Party is the election winner with the highest number of votes, the pro-European parties are likely to be in power.

A Danish court on Oct. 23 freed 10 men charged with "terror funding" after raising up to 140 million kroner (18.8 million euros, $23.8 million) for PKK militants.

The money was channeled to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), through Roj TV, a Denmark-based Kurdish television channel that had its license revoked last year for "glorifying terrorism."

At first sight, everything seems to be on track.

A group of armed militants have abducted 10 workers from a local electricity distribution company, Doğan News Agency reported on Oct. 22.

The workers of the company were on duty near the Gürpınar village in a rural area of Silvan district when the road was blocked by a group of unidentified militants.

Germany's foreign minister ruled out the possibility of arming the PKK, after a senior ally of Merkel suggested this could help efforts to defeat ISIL militants

One of the key recent causes prompting the revision is the recent postponement of the PKK's 'farewell to arms' due to ISIL

Turkey’s new foreign minister expressed concerns Sept. 8 that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) could receive international weapons meant to combat the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).