Monthly Archives: April 2012

KFOR sends more German reinforcements in Kosovo

KFOR Command Erhard Drews said on Thursday that another 70 German troops arrived in Kosovo. A total of 550 German and 150 Austrian soldiers will be deployed in Kosovo until next Monday. The troops are being deployed in Kosovo at the request of the KFOR commander, motivating that there had …

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Bulgaria appoints new ambassador to Uzbekistan

Newly-appointed ambassador of Bulgaria, Volodya Chanev Neykov, arrived in Tashkent. Yesterday he held a meeting at the country’s Foreign Ministry, during which he presented an accreditation letter of Bulgarian Foreign Minister. The two sides discussed Uzbek-Bulgarian relations in focused on political, trade and investment cooperation.

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Bulgarian Embassy in Minsk is back to normal functioning

Ivailo Ivanov has been appointed as Chargé d’affaires of the Bulgarian Embassy in Belarus. On February 29 2012, Bulgaria recalled its ambassador to the Republic of Belarus, Zachary Radukov. Ivanov’s appointment in Belarus takes place after European Union member states returned their diplomatic missions in Minsk, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry …

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US Official says Skopje must solve name dispute with Greece, before joining NATO

Tina Kaidanow, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs said that Macedonia will have to resolve the ‘name’ dispute with Greece before it receives an invitation. “Macedonia has fulfilled key criteria required of NATO members and has contributed to regional and global security”, Kaidanow …

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Azerbaijani President seeks to increase cooperation with Bulgaria

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. President Ilham Aliyev said bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Bulgaria were rapidly developing in various fields, including in the economic one. He noted there was good potential to boost energy cooperation and stressed the importance of developing …

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Greece to hold general elections on May 6

Greece will hold general elections on May 6. A total of 32 parties will field candidates, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The conservatives and the socialists, who have alternated in power in the last three decades, have lost support to left-wing parties which are against austerity measures that brought Greece near …

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