March, 2009

• 6 March

  Khodorkovsky’s lawyers request Moscow court dismiss charges

  MOSCOW, March 6  – Defense lawyers for former Yukos chief Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner have requested the Moscow court dismiss new charges against their clients, a lawyer said on Friday. Khodorkovsky, 45, and Lebedev, 42, are already serving eight-year sentences for tax evasion and theft charges. The new …

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• 6 March

  Clinton reiterates support for Georgia

  Ahead of talks with her Russian counterpart Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made clear Washington’s continuing stand on its relations with Georgia, saying, Washington’s engagement with Moscow in no way lessened its support for Tbilisi. She was answering questions on the future of US-EU relations and other …

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• 6 March

  S Ossetia hopes EU mission to probe into real facts of Georgia’s war

  TSKHINVAL, March 6 – An independent inquiry mission of the European Union, which will investigate the facts of the conflict in South Ossetia, arrived in the republic on Friday with Heidi Tagliavini at the head. EU emissaries will meet with South Ossetian presidential Plenipotentiary Representative on Issues of Post-Conflict Settlement …

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• 6 March

  Georgian diplomat supports dialogue with Russia

  TBILISI, March 6 – Erosi Kitsmarishvili, ex-Ambassador of Georgia to Russia, believes time has come for the beginning of a dialogue on the settlement of relations between the two countries. He spoke about it in an interview with Itar-Tass on Friday. “I think both Tbilisi and Moscow realise perfectly well …

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• 6 March

  President to Ask Romanians to Tighten Belts

  Romania’s President Traian Basescu will on Monday address Parliament in a key note speech in which he will say that the country is facing difficult times and make an appeal to Romanians for austerity measures. “I will ask for support in getting a loan from the IMF or the European …

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• 6 March

  Bulgarian President met with Tajko Veljanovski

  Sofia. Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov met with speaker of Macedonian Parliament Tajko Veljanovski, president’s office press office informs. Bulgarian President pointed in the conversation Bulgaria will continue supporting Macedonia in its attempts for the realization of its European Atlantic perspectives, in the context of Bulgaria’s support towards countries from West …

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• 6 March

  Natural gas price has to be re considered with Russia

  Sofia. Natural gas price has to be re considered with Russia. This is what Union of Democratic Forces’s chairman Martin Dimitrov said in the National Assembly during the parliamentary control. According to Minister of Energy Petar Dimitrov Bulgaria has lost BGN 456 million due to the suspended gas delivers. Private …

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• 6 March

  Macedonia is not afraid of Bulgarian investments: parliament chair

  Sofia/Skopje. Macedonian parliament chairperson Trajko Veljanovski is on a visit to Bulgaria. In a statement at the Bulgarian National Assembly on Thursday, Veljanovski and his Bulgarian counterpart, Georgi Pirinski, said that Macedonia and Bulgaria must not let the stereotypes of the past and the unfriendly commentaries ruin the good political …

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• 6 March

  Five Parties Enter Next Bulgarian Parliament

  Five parties will gather enough votes to jump over the 4% entry bar for the Bulgarian Parliament at the elections this summer, a Sova Haris survey reveals Friday. The five are Sofia Mayor’s GERB party, the Bulgarian Socialist Party, the Ethnic Turkish dominated Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), far …

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• 6 March

  Bulgaria invited foreign investors

  Athens./Sofia.  Bulgarian Minister of Economy and Energy Petar Dimitrov invited foreign investors to prefer Bulgaria for their investments, Greek Imerisia newspaper informs. In Dimitrov’s words “our country is one of the most attractive investment destinations in EU.” Minister made prognosis at a business- investment forum in Sofia straight foreign investments …

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