TBILISI, March 17 –Georgian authorities express protest against military exercises, underway in Abkhazia on March 17-18, Georgian State Minister for Reintegration Temuri Yakobashvili told reporters on Tuesday. “The presence of Abkhazian armed forces of such a high numerical strength in the administrative border area is alarming,” he said. 

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc announced that the Romanian government has agreed to cut the tax-related administrative burden, by reducing the number of taxes and tariffs levied in Romania. Boc explained that the country’s Ministries would now put forward proposals for the annulment, reduction or amalgamation of taxes and fees, …

According to Bulgaria’s Minister of Interior, Mihail Mikov, Sunday’s policemen protest in Sofia had gone over the line, BTA reports Tuesday. Mikov said that the Policemen who tore off their uniform shoulder pieces as an act of protest should be removed from law enforcement. This is an insult to every …