Moldovan PM Vlad Filat says that up to 1.2 million Moldovans –more than one-quarter of the population – will be able to travel easily to EU-member Romania. This will come due to an agreement he signed in Bucharest last week.

Bulgaria will receive 75 million euros from the 2010 EU budget, part of the recently approved 300 million euros in further compensation for the early shutdown of two nuclear reactors at the Kozloduy power plant, Bulgarian media said.

Montenegrin minority in Albania urged the authorities to establish schools where children can study in their native language, local media reported.