October, 2009

• 23 October

  Azerbaijan proposes to extend transport corridor within CAREC

  The Azerbaijani Ministry of Transport proposed to extend the second international transport corridor within the CAREC from its passing through Georgia to Turkey and Europe at the eighth ministerial conference within the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC). 

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• 23 October

  Georgia to host conference of Association of South Caucasus’s Municipalities

  A conference of the Association of Municipalities of the South Caucasus countries will be held in Kutaisi on Oct.29-30. The two-day conference will be held upon the initiative of the Local Democracy Agency and the Congress of the regional and local municipalities of the Council of Europe, the Bureau of …

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• 23 October

  Presidential election campaign opens in Romania

  The presidential election campaign started Friday in Romania, a country struggling with a severe recession and reeling from political turmoil after its government collapsed last week. The first round of the presidential poll is set for November 22, and it will be the first election of a head of state …

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• 23 October

  Vice President Biden reassures Central European Allies

  Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. wraps up his central European tour of Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic. His visits were designed to reassure NATO allies that the United States remains committed to European security and that the recent “reset” effort in US-Russian relations is not to the detriment …

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• 23 October

  Romania’s 2nd NPP to be built nearby Somes River, say government sources

  Romania’s second nuclear plant will be built nearby the Somes River, in Transylvania region, as authorities are currently evaluating four locations, the Romanian Mediafax reports, quoting unnamed government sources.

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• 23 October

  Russia seeks Bulgarian re-assurance on Belene nuke

  Russian officials have once again asked Bulgaria to make a decision on the future of the planned nuclear plant at Belene, Bulgaria’s Economy and Energy Minister Traicho Traikov said on October 23, after returning from a one-day trip to Moscow. “I told [Russian energy] minister [Sergei] Shmatko that for us …

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• 23 October

  Karadzic boycott threat sets up trial stand-off

  A stand-off looms on Monday between former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and trial judges after the war crimes suspect said he would boycott the start of his trial on claims he is being denied a fair process. More than 13 years after an arrest warrant was issued, Karadzic is …

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• 23 October

  Name agreement can’t be reached due to blockades and embargo: Nikola Gruevski

  It couldn’t be reached an agreement on the name issue due to blockades and embargo contrariwise – this would intensify the problem and cause damages to the both sides. This is what Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said today during celebrations of the day of Macedonian revolutionary fight.

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• 23 October

  EU membership is the most important modernization project of Turkey since the foundation of the Republic: Egemen Bagis

  State Minister and EU chief negotiator Egemen Bagis defined EU membership as the most important modernization project of Turkey since the foundation of the Republic.

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• 23 October

  Romanians to vote on Nov. 22 for President and in a referendum for parliament change

  Romanian voters would go to the polls on November 22 to elect a new President of the country and give their vote in a referendum for the change of parliament, Romanian media note. Romanian president Traian Basescu issued Thursday the decree organizing the referendum for a single-chamber Parliament and reducing …

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