Relations between Bulgaria and Russia are excellent, based on extensive mutual co-operation, and not exclusively on one particular energy project, according to Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov, speaking after his regular Cabinet meeting on June 16 2010.

The European Commission initiated a procedure for excessive budget deficit against Cyprus, Finland, and Denmark. This makes Luxembourg the only eurozone country without a procedure for excessive budget deficit against it. The EU financial ministers will have a summit on July 13, when they will decide the austerity measures, which …

Macedonian PM Nikola Gruevski will leave for Brussels on a two-day official visit. Gruevski will have meetings with European Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Füle and leaders of the European People’s Party. It is possible that Gruevski to meet his Greek counterpart – Georgios Papandreou, who is also in Brussels. The …