“Presently, we do not intend to change the format of the EU mission,” EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby told media. Georgia has called for expanding the mandate of the observer mission in the occupied territories and adding police functions. Tskhinvali, Sukhumi and Moscow are against the …

Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov met with UNESCO Secretary General Irina Bokova. Parvanov greeted Bokova for being elected atop of the organization and remarked that her success is due mainly to her

Bulgaria’s ambassador to Turkey, Branimir Mladenov, has filed his resignation, Bulgarian news agency BTA quoted the Foreign Ministry as saying on November 13 2009. The resignation comes a week after Foreign Minister Roumyana Zheleva and the Cabinet asked President Georgi Purvanov to recall Mladenov and Bulgaria’s ambassador to the US, …

A six-member delegation of the European Parliament (EP), headed by German representative Doris Pack, will stay in Kosovo and Metohija on November 13-16, where the first local elections organized by the provisional Kosovo authorities will be held. Ahead of the elections called for November 15, the delegation will meet with …

With just two days left before the local elections, concern has been raised about mysterious visits to the vote counting centre by workmen claiming to work for EULEX, and questions are being asked about three tenders, crucial to the election process. Mystery workmen, claiming to be employees of EULEX and …

Bulgaria and Azerbaijan are expected to sign an agreement to cooperate on gas supplies Friday, as President Ilham Aliyev pays a working visit to Sofia at the invitation of his Bulgarian counterpart Georgi Parvanov. Earlier the week Bulgaria’s Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism, Traicho Traikov, announced that Bulgaria’s state-owned …

Countries from Central Europe and the Balkans should do more in order be better prepared for a otential gas crisis and should find ways to reduce their dependency on Russian supplies, officials and businesspeople said during a Central European Initiative, CEI, meeting held in Bucharest. “The debate over energy security …

Prijedlog zakona o praznicima BiH, po kojem bi državni praznici bili Nova godina, Praznik rada – 1. maj, Dan borbe protiv fašizma – 9. maj i Dan podrške žrtvama nasilja – 26. juni, vjerovatno neće dobiti podršku poslanika SDA i Stranke za BiH u parlamentu BiH. Ovaj prijedlog zakona, koji …

„O nouă ordine mondială… nu poate face abstracţie de o „Mare Europă” de la Atlantic la Vladivostok” (Serghei Lavrov şi Franco Frattini) Uniunea Europeană îşi modifică, treptat, profilul. Tratatul de la Lisabona este semnat de toate cele 27 de state membre, iar Comisia Europeană îşi intensifică eforturile pentru ca textul …

Russia and Georgia have agreed to hold a new round of talks on January 28 next year, aimed at reducing tensions following their five-day war in August 2008. Representatives of the two sides met for the eight time in Geneva on Wednesday for what a European Union mediator described as …