Monthly Archives: October 2009

Georgia to host conference of Association of South Caucasus’s Municipalities

A conference of the Association of Municipalities of the South Caucasus countries will be held in Kutaisi on Oct.29-30. The two-day conference will be held upon the initiative of the Local Democracy Agency and the Congress of the regional and local municipalities of the Council of Europe, the Bureau of …

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Presidential election campaign opens in Romania

The presidential election campaign started Friday in Romania, a country struggling with a severe recession and reeling from political turmoil after its government collapsed last week. The first round of the presidential poll is set for November 22, and it will be the first election of a head of state …

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Vice President Biden reassures Central European Allies

Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. wraps up his central European tour of Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic. His visits were designed to reassure NATO allies that the United States remains committed to European security and that the recent “reset” effort in US-Russian relations is not to the detriment …

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Russia seeks Bulgarian re-assurance on Belene nuke

Russian officials have once again asked Bulgaria to make a decision on the future of the planned nuclear plant at Belene, Bulgaria’s Economy and Energy Minister Traicho Traikov said on October 23, after returning from a one-day trip to Moscow. “I told [Russian energy] minister [Sergei] Shmatko that for us …

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Name agreement can’t be reached due to blockades and embargo: Nikola Gruevski

It couldn’t be reached an agreement on the name issue due to blockades and embargo contrariwise – this would intensify the problem and cause damages to the both sides. This is what Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said today during celebrations of the day of Macedonian revolutionary fight.

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Romanians to vote on Nov. 22 for President and in a referendum for parliament change

Romanian voters would go to the polls on November 22 to elect a new President of the country and give their vote in a referendum for the change of parliament, Romanian media note. Romanian president Traian Basescu issued Thursday the decree organizing the referendum for a single-chamber Parliament and reducing …

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