Bulgaria’s new EC commissioner designate responsible for international co-operation, humanitarian aid and crisis response, Kristalina Georgieva, seemed to impress her inquisitors in the EU Parliament during her confirmation hearing on Wednesday. Several MEPs congratulated Georgieva’s command of her new proposed portfolio, including British Labour MEP Michael Cashman, who praised Georgieva’s …
Read More »Papoulias wins second term as Greek president
Greek President Karolos Papoulias was re-elected for a second five-year term in office Wednesday after winning majority support in a parliamentary vote.
Read More »Kosovo seeks UK support to Kosovo’s UN membership
Kosovo Parliament Speaker Jakup Krasniqi called on Britain to continue to support Kosovo’s efforts to join the United Nations and other international organizations. During his stay in London, Krasniqi met with House of Commons Speaker John Berkow. Krasniqi called on British government to hail the strategy of the authorities in …
Read More »New PACE President’s first visit will be to Moldova
The newly elected President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Mevlut Cavusoglu will pay his first official visit after his appointment to Moldova, the head of the Moldovan delegation to this organization Ana Gutu said Tuesday.
Read More »Spanish FM Miguel Angel Moratinos: “The integration of the Western Balkans into the EU is one of the Spanish presidency’s priorities”
Spanish FM Miguel Angel Moratinos says the integration of the Western Balkans into the EU is one of the Spanish presidency’s priorities. Moratinos said that Spain expects that the EU member-states will be able to unfreeze the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with Serbia by June. The agreement was signed …
Read More »Georgia will not send monitors to Ukraine for 2nd round of elections
Georgia will not send observers to Ukraine to monitor the second round of presidential elections, Georgian presidential press secretary Manana Manjgaladze said.
Read More »Azerbaijan can export oil, gas to Romania and EU
Romania and Azerbaijan have signed Tuesday a memorandum on co-operation in the energy sector through which the Azerbaijan company can export oil and gas to Romania and EU SOCAR can export oil and gas to the European Union, including Romania, the director of the economy ministry Koreliu Kondoia, who is …
Read More »Georgian President to pay a visit to Romania in the spring
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili will pay a visit to Romania in the spring, the spokesperson of the President Manana Manjgaladze announced. This has been announced after the spokesperson explained why the President will not attend the International Security Conference in Munich. The Georgian President has been invited January to attend …
Read More »Bulgarian MPs: “Nabucco agreement is a result of many governments’ work”
We cannot miss saying that this is some long-awaited agreement. It is a result of the work of many governments since 2002 till now, MP Ramadan Atalay from the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) party said, commenting on the ratification of the Nabucco Agreement.
Read More »Bulgarian parliament ratifies Nabucco Agreement
Bulgarian MPs passed the draft bill for ratification of the Agreement among Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Turkey on the construction of the Nabucco gas pipeline project. The draft bill on the ratification of the Nabucco Agreement has been passed with 156 votes.
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