Baku is closely studying proposals of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on karabakh settlement presented by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to give a reply upon completion of study, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister

The chief of the Greek police Eleftherios Ikonomou and the chief secretary of the Bulgarian Interior Ministry Kalin Georgiev have signed an agreement about the rules joint police patrols will have to observe in Greek

Turkish President, Abdullah Gul, and First Lady, Hayrunnisa Gul, have arrived in Sofia for their official two-day visit. The visit of the Turkish Head of State is on the invitation of his Bulgarian counterpart Georgi Parvanov and is his first one the since he stepped in office in 2007.