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BULGARIA Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, whose Cabinet took office on July 27 2009, finds himself a month later with a 64 per cent approval rating and his party GERB with an even stronger lead over the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) than at the July national parliamentary elections. This emerges …
Read More »Bozhidar Dimitrov cancels visit to Macedonia
BULGARIA Bulgarian Minister without portfolio Bozhidar Dimitrov will not visit Macedonia today, Macedonian Dnevnik newspaper writes. Instead of coming to the town of Prilep, where he was supposed to attend the inauguration of the restored Bulgarian-German cemetery, Dimitrov will go to a festival of arts in Bulgarian coastal town of …
Read More »Bulgaria ready to buy 2.5 m2 of natural gas from Turkmenistan
BULGARIA Bulgaria is ready to buy 2.5 m2 of natural gas from Turkmenistan, said Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov after official ceremony on signing three documents between Bulgaria and Turkmenistan. Bulgarian head of state said this is an expression of gratitude towards Turkmenistan over the assessment Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow gave …
Read More »Russia vows to support breakaways
RUSSIA Russia has vowed to defend the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, a year after acknowledging their independence from Georgia. On Wednesday, people celebrated public holidays in the separatist regions to mark the anniversary. The event coincided with the opening of 160Km natural gas pipeline linking Russia directly …
Read More »Georgia slams railway “robbery” in rebel Abkhazia
GEORGIA Georgia on Thursday protested plans by its breakaway Abkhazia region to transfer control of the railway in the Black Sea territory to Russia, a move it said amounted to “robbery.” Abkhazia says the Russian railway authority will provide “reconstruction and rehabilitation” for the stretch of line running along the …
Read More »Greceanyi Government II tenders resignation
MOLDOVA The Second Greceanyi Government Wednesday offered its resignation as its term in office expired. The new Parliament is to take cognizance of the resignation at its first sitting scheduled for August 28. Until a new cabinet is named, the executive will manage the public affairs, but will make no …
Read More »Marian Lupu: AEI has not yet distributed posts
MOLDOVA The president of the Liberal Democratic Party (PDM) Marian Lupu said Wednesday that the Alliance for European Integration (AEI) has not yet decided how to distribute the key posts in the state. “The discussions go on,” Marian Lupu said. Making reference to reliable sources in the AEI, the press …
Read More »Two Bosnian Serbs arrested on wartime massacre charges
BiH Bosnian police arrested two Bosnian Serbs on Thursday, including a police officer, suspected of taking part in the massacre of about 200 Muslims and Croats in the 1992-95 Bosnian war, the state prosecutor’s office said. Branko Topola, 41, was arrested in a police station in the northwestern town of …
Read More »Serbia Suggests Public Sector Cuts
SERBIA The Serbian government has proposed a 10 per cent cut in the number of public sector employees in talks with an IMF delegation, daily Blic reports. The measure is intended to cover the budget deficit, which is now equivalent to 4.5 per cent of GDP Economy Minister Mladjan Dinkic …
Read More »Macedonia’s Economic Trends are “Catastrophic”
MACEDONIA Macedonia’s ongoing industrial output contraction plumbed new depths in July, the State Statistical Office revealed. A record near 20 per cent output plunge was registered, when compared to July 2008. This is the tenth month in a row that industrial output has shrunk. Macedonia’s flagship metal industry was the …
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