Romania’s centrist coalition government on Tuesday survived a no-confidence vote in parliament that was raised by the opposition over plans to adopt drastic measures to cut spending.

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 …