Newly-appointed ambassador of Bulgaria, Volodya Chanev Neykov, arrived in Tashkent. Yesterday he held a meeting at the country’s Foreign Ministry, during which he presented an accreditation letter of Bulgarian Foreign Minister. The two sides discussed Uzbek-Bulgarian relations in focused on political, trade and investment cooperation.

Ivailo Ivanov has been appointed as Chargé d’affaires of the Bulgarian Embassy in Belarus. On February 29 2012, Bulgaria recalled its ambassador to the Republic of Belarus, Zachary Radukov. Ivanov’s appointment in Belarus takes place after European Union member states returned their diplomatic missions in Minsk, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry …

Tina Kaidanow, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs said that Macedonia will have to resolve the ‘name’ dispute with Greece before it receives an invitation. “Macedonia has fulfilled key criteria required of NATO members and has contributed to regional and global security”, Kaidanow …