Yearly Archives: 2012

39th BSEC Parliamentary Assembly to be held in Georgia

On April 4-5, the Georgian Parliament, will hold the 39th meeting of the Legal and Political Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PA BSEC). The meeting will discuss activities planned by the Parliamentary Assembly for 2012. Beside that, a statement about the 20th anniversary of …

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EU to unblock part of funds to Romania

On February 20, Brussels halted EU funds to Romania after a control found irregularities in the management of the human resources development programme, worth a total of 3.5 billion euros. The European Commission will unblock the funds for human resources development programmes, the Romanian government announced on Tuesday. “This decision …

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Cypriot Foreign Minister visits Armenia

Cypriot Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis is to visit Armenia on 3 and 4 April at the invitation of his Armenian counterpart Eduard Nalbandyan. The Cypriot minister will meet with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and Armenian Patriarch Karekin II.

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Germany and UK urge Bosnia to make important steps towards EU and NATO

Germany and UK urged Bosnia on Tuesday to make important progress towards EU and NATO membership. “2012 can be the year when Bosnia-Hercegovina makes decisive strides towards both membership of the EU and NATO,” German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and his British counterpart William Hague said, according to the Bosnian …

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Bulgaria pledges to assist Armenia on European integration

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received yesterday the Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov. The two stressed that the friendly relation between the Armenia and Bulgaria represent a good reason for improvement and development of cooperation in different fields like culture, education, high technologies, energy, tourism, agriculture and others, in which, according to …

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Ukrainian President Yanukovych says the EU integration is high priority

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said on Monday that the European Union integration remains a priority for his country. “Ukraine’s integration into the European political, economic and judicial space, in other words its accession to the EU, is our priority,” Yanukovych said. Yanukovych added that the EU should ease visa requirements …

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UN envoy Matthew Nimetz is optimistic about name dispute between Athens and Skopje

The UN envoy in the Greek-Macedonian name issue, Matthew Nimetz, said he is optimistic for the name dispute between Skopje and Athens and he believes that the two sides can overcome their differences with consistency and real dialog. He said, however, that each side should take into account the interests …

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Georgia and Bulgaria have the same geopolitical challenges, says Georgian PM

Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri said on Sunday after a joint conference with his Bulgarian counterpart that Georgia and Bulgaria have the same geopolitical challenges – relationship with Russia. “Borisov himself told me that recently he had to suspend two projects funded by Russia in Bulgaria – the construction of …

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