EU does not recognize elections in region of South Ossetia in Georgia as legitimate, said press-service of EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Monday. “European Union does not recognise the constitutional and legal framework within which these elections have taken place” – said in the statement.

The construction of a second bridge between Bulgaria and Romania over the Danube will be finished by November 2012, the Bulgarian government announced. The bridge between Bulgaria’s Vidin and Romania’s Calafat is being

Turkey has shut down its embassy in Damascus, Syria, because of the worsening security situation. Turkey warned its citizens in Syria last week about the plan