Russian President Dmitrij Medvedev will visit Slovenia on Wednesday, Slovenian media say. Medvedev is scheduled to watch the return leg of the Slovenia-Russia World Cup qualifying match.

Georgian Presidential Administration Spokesman Ivan Noniashvili was appointed Georgia’s new ambassador to Azerbaijan today. The Georgian parliament supported Noniashvili’s candidacy with 84 votes. After receiving parliament’s approval, Noniashvili will replace Nikoloz Natbiladze, who has already been appointed Georgia’s ambassador to Spain. Since 2006, Noniashvili headed the Georgian Presidential Administration’s Press …

The European Commission has unfrozen part of the suspended funds under the PHARE program for Bulgaria-EUR 3.5 mln. This is what was notes in a letter of the EU Enlargement Directorate to the Deputy Prime Minister and financial minister Simeon Dyankov received on Tuesday night.