BUCHAREST -The Romanian parliament Wednesday approved criminal action against former prime minister Adrian Nastase, who faces corruption charges. In a vote, 158 deputies agreed to a request made by anti-corruption prosecutors, while 128 opposed the move. “This is an important step for parliament’s credibility,” said Roberta Anastase, the chamber’s president.

Bucharest. Bulgarian Embassy was informed about the arrest of Bulgarian Petar Zikulov on February 28 in Romania. Romania pointed out that businessman Petar Zikulov had carried espionage in favor of a third country not Bulgaria, Bulgarian Ambassador to Romania Valentin Radomirski said in a statement. The statement which is published …

Bulgaria’s Economy Minister, Petar Dimitrov, said Thursday the country was going to avoid the import of foreign workers thanks to the effects of the global financial crisis. Dimitrov was a keynote speaker at the Invest in Bulgaria 2009 Summit, which took place in the Sheraton Hotel in Sofia. “I will …

A Romanian Court is going to try the appeal filed by the Bulgarian national Petar Zikulov, who is charged with espionage, and is currently detained for 29 days, the maximum period under Romanian law. Peter Zikulov, and Floricel Achim, a Romanian military officer, were arrested in Bucharest Monday on charges …

Sofia. Three projects, which are EU’s main interest has been worked out by the MInistryr of Transport, head of the National Transport Policy Directorate with the Ministry of Transport Dimitar Savov said. “Projects, which are EU’s main interest, will be definitely financed under EU funds. There are three projects like …

Sofia. Macedonia has good relation with all of the Balkan countries. This is what speaker of Macedonian Parliament Trayko Veljanovski said, FOCUS News Agency reporter informs. In his words implantation of hate and lack of dialogue between the countries in the region is not in countries’ interest.

The Bulgarian Parliament voted Thursday against the proposal to make a change in the Constitution that would allow both the elections for the European Parliament and the national one to be held on the same day. The proposal was made by NDSV, a member of the ruling three way coalition, …

Albania’s Minister of Culture Ylli Pango was fired on Wednesday, after a video showing him allegedly asking sexual favours from young women applying for a job in his ministry was broadcast on TV. The video and audio broadcast on the investigative program Fisk Fare on Top Channel TV shows Pango …

Jovica Stanisic, the former chief of Serbia’s State Security, secured the CIA’s support in his bid to clear his name at the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia with the help of Russia’s former prime minister, Yevgeny Primakov, according to Belgrade daily Blic. The same newspaper also claims that Stanisic …

The first trial to be held in Kosovo’s northern town of Mitrovica after the courts in the town shut down in February 2008, has begun. The EU’s Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, EULEX, opened the trial against two Kosovo Serbs charged with breaking into the home of an elderly …