The European Commission announced Tuesday the finalization of its plans for financial support for ongoing reforms in in the Western Balkans. The countries included are: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Iceland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, as well as Kosovo for 2011–2013.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced that Eurasian Union will start operating in 2013. He also said that a declaration about the Union should be signed in 2012 and in 2013 it will start to function. The first step will be made by Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, with the three …

The US missile defense shield will cover the entire territory of Europe, including all Bulgaria, according to US Undersecretary of State Ellen Tauscher. Tauscher, who is in charge of arms control and international security affairs at the US State Department, has made the statement Monday, during