Eurasia

Bulgaria’s Georgieva Quizzed in EP

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 …

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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 …

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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.

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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.

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