Yearly Archives: 2009

Turkey to build housing for Georgian war victims

The Turkish Cooperation and Development Agency (TİKA) will construct 100 residential units for Georgians displaced by the country’s most recent war. Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony near the Georgian city of Gori on Saturday, TİKA head Musa Kulaklıkaya said that the construction of the units will be completed soon and …

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Bulgaria PM, Top Diplomat Meet Obama, Hillary Clinton

US President Barack Obama is in Prague Sunday to meet the EU leaders. Obama and First Lady, Michelle, arrived in Prague at 6:15 pm Saturday evening, but did not have any formal meetings. The couple took the evening off to rest after the exhausting schedule in London, Kehl and Strasbourg. …

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EC Postpones Again Bulgaria’s ISPA Funds Release

The EC postponed until the end of May the eventual unblocking of the European ISPA program funds. The information was reported Sunday by the Bulgarian news agency BGNES citing the Bulgarian National television (BNT). According to the European Commission’s (EC) notification, Bulgaria only very recently presented to Brussels the requested …

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Bulgaria PM Wishes Obama Luck in Difficult Times

Bulgaria’s PM, Sergey Stanishev, had a brief exchange Sunday with the US President Barack Obama. Stanishev attended the meeting between the US President and the leaders of the European Union (EU) Member States in Prague. Stanishev said in an interview for Darik radio that he had the opportunity to speak …

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Ivanov Elected New Macedonian President

George Ivanov, the conservative candidate of the ruling right from centre VMRO DPMNE party won Sunday’s presidential elections the State Election Commission data show. This election”opens the European perspective for Macedonia” Ivanov said. He noted his priorities would be EU and NATO membership and solving the long standing name dispute …

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Macedonia Election Campaign Ends

The election campaign for the second round of joint presidential and mayoral elections in Macedonia, seen as crucial for the country’s democratic image, ends at midnight on Friday. Following the pre-election pause, Macedonia is set to elect its next president in a run-off election on Sunday. Voters will choose between …

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Albanian NGOs Seek to Scrap Power Plant

Albanian environmental NGOs contested on Thursday the environmental impact study by Italian company Enel of its Porto Romano coal-fired thermal power plant, demanding that the government should either revise or cancel the project. The Ekolevizja movement, a front organisation comprising several Albanian environmental NGOs, accused the Italian energy giant of …

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Geothermal Energy Offer to Kosovo

The International Energy Corporation Group revealed on Thursday that it is willing to invest in geothermal energy in Kosovo. The head of the corporation, Wolfgang Hertel, declared that his company had already received the support of Kosovo’s government to invest in Kosovo, adding that, if the project takes off, it …

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Serbia Expands Free Trade Agreement

Serbian and Russian officials will today sign a special protocol to expand their Free Trade Agreement, the Serbian Government announces. Serbia’s Ministry of Economy declared earlier that this protocol relates to the export of medicines, meat, confectionery products and wine. Co-presidents of the Russian-Serbian Economy Cooperation Committee, Ivica Dacic and …

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Party of Communists leads in Moldovan parliament election

CHISINAU, April 5 (- The ruling Party of Communists leads in the Moldovan parliament election with 45.5% of votes, according to exit polls conducted at 220 polling stations. A total of 18,000 voters were polled. The Liberal Party and the Liberal Democratic Party rank second, each with 13.9%, while the …

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