Skopje. A Macedonian delegation headed by Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanovski is to pay an official visit to Bulgaria between Wednesday and Friday. Veljanovski is scheduled to meet Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov and National Assembly Speaker Georgi Pirinski. He is to lay flowers before the Monument of the Unknown Soldier and …

Sofia. It is scandalous that the mandate holder does not attend the ceremonies commemorating 131st anniversary of Bulgaria’s liberation, Sofia Mayor and leader of Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria Boyko Borisov said.

The Russian-Turkish Liberation War is one of the most fair and just wars of the 19th century, Bulgaria’s President Georgi Parvanov told the crowd gathered Tuesday evening at the “Narodno Subranie” (National Assembly) square in the capital Sofia. Parvanov, who is also Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Bulgarian Armed Forces, took …

The replacement of the waste disposals in Sofia should be completed by the end of the day Tuesday, Sofia’s Mayor, Boyko Borisov, said during a talk with Pierre Maudet, President of the Urban Environment and Security Department of the Geneva, Switzerland, Town Hall, Darik radio informs. According to another Bulgarian …

Sofia. Bulgaria’s freedom is not an accidental historical present, President Georgi Parvanov said in his speech at the national holiday commemorating ceremony, Focus News Agency reported. Bulgarians did not wait for their freedom; they fought for it. The freedom arrived because the deeds of the apostles, the prominent bloody song …

Romania declared an arrest warrant of Romanian non-commissioned officer and Bulgarian citizen on charges of espionage in behalf on Ukraine. According to information of radio Liberty, this military, Floricel Achim, within 2002-2007 years were obtaining military documents from office computers, being secrets of state, whose unauthorized dissemination can pose a …

The cement market in Romania will stagnate in 2009, because the lack of liquidities and difficult access to financing will have an important impact on consumption, the president of CIROM, Mihai Rohan said.Last year the overall cement production was of 10,703,000 tons, on the rise by 6.4% against 2007, according …

Sofia. Petar Zikulov was arrested by Romanian authorities three days ago on a charge of espionage in favor of a third country, but Romanian authorities have not yet announced officially the name of the third country, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Dragovest Goranov said in an interview with Nova Television. He added …

Romania is assessing its options on securing external financial support, looking at both International Monetary Fund and European help, Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu said on Tuesday. Skip related content Diaconescu spoke to Reuters in Berlin after Germany’s foreign minister confirmed Bucharest was in talks with the IMF to secure aid …

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is set to appear in court at The Hague to face a new version of his indictment for alleged war crimes. Prosecutors at the United Nations tribunal have re-drafted the charges and Mr Karadzic now faces two counts of genocide instead of one. He …