Romania will cut around 100,000 public sector jobs next year to meet requirements attached to an IMF-led rescue deal, designated Finance. Minister Sebastian Vladescu said on Tuesday. “The budget draft (for 2010) envisages a reduction of a little under 100,000 employees. A large part of it will be done naturally …

The European Union (EU) will launch a satellite to follow the situation in Georgia’s breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze said Monday. The satellite would monitor the movement of people and equipment and the construction of military facilities in the two regions, Kalandadze …

Georgia has sent an official note on resumption of air communication with Russia. The Russian Ministry of Transport said the note is under consideration but no decision has been taken yet. Responding to journalists’ questions on December 9, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev described resumption of air communication as “normal issue …