According to the initial information, the NATO appraisal mission is pleased with the steps taken by Georgia to implement the annual national program. The mission held business productive meetings in Georgia, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister David Jalaganiya said at the briefing on Oct.12. The mission is expected to submit its …

Romania and Bulgaria want to build two new hydroelectric power plants together, Romanian deputy economy minister Tudor Serban said. A cooperation memorandum for the project will be signed “within a month”, he added.

Bulgaria has been named as among the 30 countries that have requested to take part in public hearings at the International Court of Justice on the question of Kosovo’s independence. Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in February 2008, a move rejected as illegal by Belgrade and its allies. The …