BULGARIA Bulgarian Economy, Energy and Tourism Minister Traicho Traikov has announced that the construction of Belene Nuclear Power Plant will cost around EUR 10 billion (USD 14.6 billion), local media reported on Saturday. Traikov gave the example of Kozloduy nuclear power plant (NPP),stating that the same installations would be made …
Read More »Despre unionism, cu calm (I)
„Nimic nu este nerezonabil, dacă este util.” (Tucidide) Mihai Ghimpu a spus-o. Şi imediat au început reacţiile publice, cele mai multe iritate, unele îngrijorate, altele sceptice. Să te declari român şi unionist – fie şi „privat” – este un gest care, la majoratul R. Moldova, şochează. Concluzia majoritară a fost …
Read More »Uhapšeni prošao provjeru obavještajne službe
BiH Bojan Cvijan, djelatnik Državne agencije za istrage i zaštitu (SIPA), koji je nedavno uhapšen zbog povezanosti s kriminalnom grupom Darka Eleza, od maja prošle godine imao je pristup najpovjerljivijim podacima. Saglasnost za pristup tajnim podacima Cvijanu je dala Obavještajno-sigurnosna agencija BiH (OSA).
Read More »Nepoznato ko će upravljati oduzetom imovinom
BiH The members of the Alliance for European Integration expressed their dissatisfaction with the fact that Vladimir Voronin did not announced his decision to resign as head of state in the Parliament. Izmjenama Krivičnog zakona BiH, kojima je omogućeno oduzimanje nezakonito stečene imovine, nije predviđeno i osnivanje posebne institucije zadužene …
Read More »Filat: New Government may be formed already next week
MOLDOVA Liberal Democratic Party leader MP Vlad Filat, who has been authorized by the governing Alliance for European Integration to form a new Government as its would-be Premier, stated to Infotag this noon before going to parliament’s plenary sitting that the new Cabinet of Ministers may well be in place …
Read More »Nominal and numerical makeup of parliamentary commissions fixed
MOLDOVA The Parliament Friday constituted nine permanent commissions, by one fewer than in the previous legislature. Four of the commissions will be headed by Communist MPs, while the other five by members of the Alliance for European Integration. The legal commission for appointments and immunities will be headed by the …
Read More »Ghimpu appointed Moldova’s caretaker president
MOLDOVA Parliament speaker Mihai Ghimpu is to serve as Moldova’s ad interim president, under a decision adopted Friday by the legislature, following prolonged debates. The decision is to be submitted to the Constitutional Court for validation. Communist MP Vladimir Turcan suggested the adoption of the decision should be postponed until …
Read More »Delegation of Turkmen parliament to visit Romania
ROMANIA The delegation of the Turkmen Majlis (Parliament), headed by the chairman of the Majlis Akja Nurberdiyeva will visit Bucharest on September 15-18, 2009 to develop inter-parliamentary relations. Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov speaking about importance of inter-parliamentary relations at the state conference stressed the need in further strengthening of mutually …
Read More »Romanian president to visit Kazakhstan
ROMANIA Romanian President Traian Basescu is expected to visit Kazakhstan in late October, Deputy Economy and Budget Planning Minister, Teymur Suleymanov, said. The 8th meeting of the Kazakh-Romanian intergovernmental commission for trade and economic cooperation is held on the eve of the Romanian President’s visit, which is scheduled for late …
Read More »Putin opens door to return as Russia president
RUSSIA Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Friday gave his strongest indication yet that he may run again for the presidency at the next election in 2012. Ever since Putin’s presidential term expired last year and he made way for his chosen successor Dmitry Medvedev, there has been speculation the move was …
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