Goran Danilovic News Today

After the results of Sunday's first round of presidential elections came in, ruling majority blocs' candidate Jakov Milatovic is set to oust long-time ruler Djukanovic in round two, experts predict.

The ruling Amanat party appears to have won a majority of seats in a general election in Kazakhstan that international observers said showed some progress over previous votes while a number of opposition politicians claimed that the balloting was unfair.

European Union member states have agreed to supply 1 million rounds of artillery ammunition to Ukraine, Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said while attending a meeting with his EU counterparts in Brussels.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has offered support in facilitating bilateral peace discussions with Azerbaijan in a phone call on March 20 with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.

Russia's Investigative Committee said on March 20 that it has started investigating International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Ahmad Khan and the court's three judges after an arrest warrant was issued for Russian President Vladimir Putin last week.

Russia has declared the Institute for Statecraft of Great Britain an "undesirable" organization amid an ongoing crackdown on international and domestic NGOs, civil society, and independent journalists.

Montenegro's voters are casting presidential ballots on March 19 in a race between a long-dominant incumbent and a half-dozen challengers that could prove pivotal to whether the ex-Yugoslav republic can escape two years of political stalemate.

Sunday's vote is seen by the ruling majority as their opportunity to oust president Milo Djukanovic, three years after his long-ruling DPS party was defeated in the parliamentary elections.

President Milo Djukanovic has steered Montenegro from the Milosevic era through independence and NATO membership. Now he's seeking a final term, with his tiny Balkan nation mired in political and institutional crisis.

Prosecutors in Podgorica launched an investigation into three presidential candidates for allegedly using false signatures of support after receiving more than 90 complaints from the public and NGOs.