TSKHINVALI, Georgia: Six months after Russia and Georgia fought a war over South Ossetia, the enclave’s capital city is still a mass of fresh scars. Many people in Tskhinvali are shivering through the winter behind windows made of plastic sheeting. Piles of broken glass and trash – in one case, …

Vidin. The meeting between Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev and European Commission President Jose Manuel Durao Barroso should be held because there is a discussion at the European Parliament on the economy restoration plan of the European Union, MEP from the Party of European Socialists (PES) Marusiya Lyubcheva said.

Bulgaria’s Energy and Economy Minister, Petar Dimitrov, assured Bulgarians Saturday that the country was fully prepared for an eventual gas crisis and would not end up in the January dire situation. Dimitrov, who spoke in a special interview for Darik radio, confirmed a new gas crisis was not to be …