The head of the Russian Orthodox Church plans to travel to Georgia to try to encourage closer relations between the two countries, which fought a brief war in 2008, a senior Russian bishop said. Russia has in recent weeks pledged to reopen a major border crossing with Georgia and allow …

Obviously, I was wrong and I my previous statements have led to this small diplomatic scandal, which raged out, Minister of Bulgarian Diaspora Bozhidar Dimitrov said. 

The economic crisis has put Romanian political leadership under pressure, but this should not distract the government from complying with its international obligations, Romanian ambassador to Berlin Lazăr Comănescu said. Commenting on the loss of a confidence vote which sanctioned the end of the grand coalition government of Emil Boc, …