Eurasia Press & News
Bulgarian MPs have passed a new set of punishments for anyone found to be involved in ‘vote buying’ after the second reading of a new bill Thursday. Anyone found to be involved in vote rigging or buying will now receive a jail term of 1-3 years and a fine of …
Read More »Bulgaria President to Lead NATO Summit Delegation
Bulgaria’s President, Georgi Parvanov, will lead the Bulgarian delegation for the historical NATO summit. The NATO summit will be held Friday and Saturday in Kehl, Germany and Strasbourg, France and will mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Alliance. Parvanov is scheduled to participate Friday in the working …
Read More »Bulgaria President Announces EP Elections Date
European Parliament elections will be held on June 7 in Bulgaria, President Georgi Parvanov announced Thursday. The European Union has been officially notified of this date for Bulgaria’s MEP elections and has given it the green light, Parvanov stated. Parvanov urged Bulgaria’s MPs to move quickly to decide on all …
Read More »Blast Damages Lenin Monument in St Petersburg
It was not immediately clear why the giant bronze monument at the Finland railway station was targeted. A powerful blast ripped a metre-wide hole in one of Russia’s best-known statues of Vladimir Lenin on Wednesday. It was not immediately clear why the giant bronze monument at the Finland railway station …
Read More »Greek Strike to Halt Flights, Services
The walkout will be the second nationwide protest against the conservative government since the police shooting of a teenager in December. Flights to and from Greece will be grounded for several hours on Thursday and banks, schools and transport will shut down during a one-day nationwide strike in protest against …
Read More »Slovene President: Dispute Solvable in Few Months
Tuerk said for Al Jazeera that the European Commission mediation is a good offer, if Croatia accepts it seriously. With the help of the European Commission and its mediation in the Slovenian-Croatian border dispute, that issue “could technically be solved in a few months”, evaluated on Tuesday the Slovenian president …
Read More »Rehn Meets Slovene, Croat Ministers
The EU enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn met the Slovenian and Croatian foreign ministers on Wednesday in an another attempt to end Ljubljana’s blockade of Croatia’s EU accession talks. In Brussels, Rehn was to meet Slovenia’s Samuel Zbogar and Croatia’s Gordan Jandrokovic to discuss the latest proposal to resolve the border …
Read More »Slovenia Has Already Responded To Rehn`s Proposal
Zbogar has announced that Slovenia would respond to Rehn`s proposal in time, but there are still no details. Slovenia has responded to the latest proposal of European Union expansion commissioner Olli Rehn on Monday, Slovene STA agency reports Tuesday, stating that the Slovene Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed the …
Read More »Russia Oligarch Wants Putin As Witness In Trail
Khodorkovsky appeared in court on Tuesday for the first day of a new trial that could keep him in prison for a further 22 years. Lawyers for jailed Russian oil oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky said on Tuesday they would call Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as a witness to fight embezzlement charges …
Read More »EU To Consider Visa Free Travel For Balkans In `09
Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn also said Croatia could still wrap up entry talks with the EU this year. The European Union may decide this year on offering visa-free travel to citizens of some Western Balkan countries and on opening membership talks with Macedonia, the EU’s enlargement chief said on Tuesday. …
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