ALBANIA The burial place of more than 4,000 political prisoners executed during the Albanian communist regime of Enver Xohxa, remains unknown up to this day. The secretary of the association for integration of political prisoners of Albania made public this information. This association accused all previous governments that held power …

BULGARIA Four of the nine last-minute diplomatic appointments made by Bulgaria’s former government would be cancelled, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Daragovest Goranov said as quoted by Bulgarian BTA news agency on August 18 2009. These were Boyan Choukov, who was supposed to take the post of Bulgaria’s ambassador in Macedonia; Atanas …

SOFIA, Bulgaria In August half of the respondents in a poll by National Center for Studying Public Opinion (NCSPO) describe as successful the first steps of the government of Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria /CEDB/. The respondents who label the government’s first steps as unsuccessful are five times less. …