07/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - The Slovenian presidency of the EU has said in a press release published on 7 February that it regrets that “due to the restrictions contained in the invitation … issued by the authorities of the Russian Federation”, the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) has had to abandon its plans to send an observation team to the presidential elections to be held on 2 March. (H.B.)