August, 2009

• 17 August

  More than 60% unauthentic documents on Bulgarian extraction

  SOFIA, Bulgaria More than 60% of the documents on Bulgarian extraction shown during the procedure on getting Bulgarian citizenship are unauthentic. The work of the Bulgarian Citizenship Directorate with the Ministry of Justice and the Interdepartmental Council for Bulgarian Citizenship has been highly embarrassed due to the fact that more …

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• 17 August

  60 000 applications for Bulgarian citizenship to be considered

  SOFIA, Bulgaria There are about 60 000 applications for Bulgarian citizenship in the Bulgarian Citizenship Directorate with the Ministry of Justice. Applications from 2006 would also be considered. This is what was noted in ministry’s analysis. Strict observation of the Bulgarian Citizenship Act and procedures on it has been at …

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• 17 August

  Bulgaria: PM promises legislative amendments to ease Interior Ministry work

  SOFIA, Bulgaria Employees in the Ministry of Interior who do their job could develop in their career, said Prime Minister (PM) Boyko Borisov during news conference in the Ministry of Interior. According to the PM the new government would not allow purges. Working groups between the Ministry of Interior- State …

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• 17 August

  Deadly blast at Russian power plant

  RUSSIA 8 people have been killed and many remain unaccounted for following a deadly explosion at Russia’s largest power plant.  At least 68 people are still missing after water flooded the turbine hall at the Sayano-Shushenskaya dam in the Siberian region of khakassia. Production at the plant has been halted …

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• 17 August

  Suicide bomber kills 20 in Ingushetia

  INGUSHETIA A suicide bomber has inflicted the deadliest attack on the Russian republic of Ingushetia in five years.  At least 20 people were killed when a truck packed with explosives rammed into the gates of the police headquarters in the city of Nazran. 

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• 17 August

  Macedonia To Reply On Naming Issue

  SKOPJE, Macedonia Macedonia will respond to the latest proposals for solving the Athens-Skopje name row this week, the country’s negotiator to the UN-mediated talks, Zoran Jolevski, told local media. Jolevski, who is in Skopje for consultations with the state leadership, said on Sunday that he already spoken to President Georgi …

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• 17 August

  Serbia to Sign Protocol with EULEX

  BELGRADE, Serbia Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic says that a draft protocol for cooperation between Serbian police and the EU rule of law mission in Kosovo, EULEX, has been completed, daily Politika reports Monday. “It is in our best interests to stop crime in our territory […] and that is …

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• 17 August

  Albanian Opposition Head Seeks Re-Election

  TIRANA, Albania Albanian Socialist Party leader Edi Rama confirmed Monday that he will seek to retain the party leadership in the movement’s upcoming extraordinary congress. Speaking to Tirana daily Shekulli, Rama said, “I will run for re-election,” adding that, despite calls for his resignation, he was proud of the internal …

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• 17 August

  Macedonia Has Tight EU Agenda

  SKOPJE, Macedonia New legislation, reforming the functioning of parliament in line with EU accession pre-conditions, looks set to feature on the agenda of Monday’s legislative session. After a short summer break, Macedonia’s legislators have until September 15 to pass a series of laws that the European Commission, EC, has set …

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• 17 August

  Romanian Coalition Agrees on Anti-Crisis Measures

  BUCHAREST, Romania Romania’s squabbling governing coalition agreed on Monday to put aside its differences, agreeing 32 anti-crisis measures that will be enforced on September 1. Prime Minister Emil Boc’s Democrat-Liberals (PD-L) and the Social Democrat Party (PSD) agreed to increase budget revenues, to cut budget spending and to increase liquidity …

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