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.

The 20th Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly was held from 6 to 10 July 2011 in Belgrade, Serbia, under the general theme of “Strengthening the OSCE’s Effectiveness and Efficiency — A new start