Eurasia Press & News
Romania’s President Traian Basescu will on Monday address Parliament in a key note speech in which he will say that the country is facing difficult times and make an appeal to Romanians for austerity measures. “I will ask for support in getting a loan from the IMF or the European …
Read More »Bulgarian President met with Tajko Veljanovski
Sofia. Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov met with speaker of Macedonian Parliament Tajko Veljanovski, president’s office press office informs. Bulgarian President pointed in the conversation Bulgaria will continue supporting Macedonia in its attempts for the realization of its European Atlantic perspectives, in the context of Bulgaria’s support towards countries from West …
Read More »Natural gas price has to be re considered with Russia
Sofia. Natural gas price has to be re considered with Russia. This is what Union of Democratic Forces’s chairman Martin Dimitrov said in the National Assembly during the parliamentary control. According to Minister of Energy Petar Dimitrov Bulgaria has lost BGN 456 million due to the suspended gas delivers. Private …
Read More »Macedonia is not afraid of Bulgarian investments: parliament chair
Sofia/Skopje. Macedonian parliament chairperson Trajko Veljanovski is on a visit to Bulgaria. In a statement at the Bulgarian National Assembly on Thursday, Veljanovski and his Bulgarian counterpart, Georgi Pirinski, said that Macedonia and Bulgaria must not let the stereotypes of the past and the unfriendly commentaries ruin the good political …
Read More »Five Parties Enter Next Bulgarian Parliament
Five parties will gather enough votes to jump over the 4% entry bar for the Bulgarian Parliament at the elections this summer, a Sova Haris survey reveals Friday. The five are Sofia Mayor’s GERB party, the Bulgarian Socialist Party, the Ethnic Turkish dominated Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), far …
Read More »Bulgaria invited foreign investors
Athens./Sofia. Bulgarian Minister of Economy and Energy Petar Dimitrov invited foreign investors to prefer Bulgaria for their investments, Greek Imerisia newspaper informs. In Dimitrov’s words “our country is one of the most attractive investment destinations in EU.” Minister made prognosis at a business- investment forum in Sofia straight foreign investments …
Read More »Bulgaria Promotes Ethnic Turk Minister to Major
Emel Etem, Bulgaria’s Minister of Emergency Situations, has been promoted to major, the department she heads announced. The military title has been conferred on her at the initiative of Defense Minister Nikolay Tsonev and coincides with the minister’s birthday. Emel Etem is member of the predominantly ethnic Turkish Movement for …
Read More »Albania Sex Scandal Turns to Soap Opera
After the dismissal on Wednesday of the Minister of Culture over a video that was broadcast nationwide showing him asking sexual favours from two young women in exchange for a job in his ministry, Albanians remained glued to their TV sets on Thursday as the drama continued to unfold on …
Read More »Serbian Town Officials Owe 6 Mln for 400,000 Kebabs
The municipal court in Novi Pazar ordered the town’s management to pay 6 million dinars from the city budget to the “Sadrvan” restaurant, more famous as “Jonuz’s Kebab Shop”, for kebabs eaten between 2004 and 2008, during the mandate of the former authorities. The current authorities say this is only …
Read More »Ukraine Mulls Response to Romania Spy Scandal
Ukraine says it is looking for an “adequate response” to Romania’s decision to expel Kiev’s military attaché to Bucharest following an alleged involvement in espionage. “Bucharest has not followed all normal procedures in such situations so we are now looking for an adequate response,” said a spokesperson from Ukraine’s Ministry …
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