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Divided Bosnian City Finally Gets Mayor

A mayor has finally been elected to Bosnia’s ethnically divided city of Mostar after a 14-month political deadlock was broken by the top international envoy in the country, Valentin Inzko. Bosnian Croat Ljubo Beslic’s election to the post was made possible by Inzko’s decision last week to change the city …

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Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov: “Lifting visas is a positive step”

Today is really a significant day for Macedonia, for its citizens and for the European Union, said Macedonian President in his welcome speech at Gyueshevo border checkpoint. In his words the Schengen barrier is falling apart. The spiritual barriers between us are also symbolically falling apart, he said.

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Bulgarian President arrives in Bansko

Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov arrived in the winter resort Bansko. The delegation of Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov is expected to arrive. Police presence is stepped up in every crossing in Bansko. The tête-à-tête meeting between the two presidents is expected to kick off at 12.00 pm.

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Acting Moldovan President promises to guarantee observing rights of ethnical Bulgarians

The ethnical Bulgarians who live in Moldova are “an extra argument in favor of strengthening the relations between Moldovan-Bulgarian friendship in economic, social and cultural plan,” said acting Moldovan President and speaker of Moldovan Parliament Mihail Ghimpu at the meeting with Bulgarian Ambassador to the country Georgi Panayotov. According to …

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Macedonia to chair Energy Community

The Republic of Macedonia took over the one-year rotating presidency of the European Energy Community, with a formal start on 1 January 2010. Macedonia’s Economy Minister Fatmir Besimi took the chair of the Energy Community after completion of the 7th meeting of Ministerial Council of the Energy Community, which took …

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