Bulgaria will ask Russia for a loan of some 2 billion euros (USD 2.75 billion) to finance the construction of the Belene nuclear power plant over the next two years, the Bulgarian economy minister said Tuesday.

Viktor Ianukovici, presedintele ales al Ucrainei, a declarat, in cadrul unui interviu acordat cotidianului britanic The Daily Telegraph, ca Vestul nu are motive de ingrijorare, in ciuda planurilor sale de consolidare a relatiilor cu Moscova.

Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha greeted the second anniversary of Kosovo’s independence in a letter sent to his Kosovo counterpart, Hashim Thaci, on Wednesday.