Balkans

Bulgaria Foreign Minister Visits Pretoria to Strike Legal and Business Accord

The Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivaylo Kalfin is in Pretoria Friday to meet his South African counterpart, the Darik radio reports. The main topics on Kalfin’s agenda are collaboration in the justice sector and extradition of criminals, intensifying business relations and securing support for the nomination of …

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Bulgaria’s Ruling Coalition Leaders Meet

The Political Council of Bulgaria’s ruling three way coalition will discuss recent political issues at its session on Friday afternoon. The Leaders of the three ruling parties, BSP, NDSV and DPS will discuss the last Eu report on Bulgaria, anti-crisis measures and the preparations for the upcoming elections for both …

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Bulgaria shows self-confidence to nominate candidate for NATO Secretary General: Solomon Passy

SOFIA –  Bulgaria has shown self-confidence to nominate a candidate for NATO Secretary General and it deserves this self-confidence, Solomon Passy, chairman of the parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs and MP from the National Movement for Stability and Progress /NMSP/, said in an interview with Bulgarian National Television.

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Political Council of governing coalition to hold meeting

SOFIA –  The Political Council of the governing three-party coalition is to hold a meeting on Friday, the press center of the Council of Ministers announced. The leaders of Bulgarian Socialist Party, National Movement for Stability and Progress and Movement for Rights and Freedoms Sergey Stanishev, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and Ahmed …

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Bulgaria proposes former minister for NATO chief

SOFIA: Bulgaria named former foreign minister Solomon Passy as its official candidate for the post of the head of NATO, the government announced yesterday. “The government took a decision to officially support the candidature of Solomon Passy for NATO Secretary General,” Sofia said in a statement. NATO’s current head, Dutchman …

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Romania, Bulgaria must do more to fight graft: EU

BRUSSELS: Romania has taken some “backward steps” in fighting corruption despite European Union criticism, while fellow EU newcomer Bulgaria has made a number of positive moves, the bloc’s executive arm said yesterday. In interim reports on each, the European Commission told both countries, the poorest members of the bloc, that …

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SEC Chairman meets OSCE/ODIHR Chief and Swedish Ambassador to Macedonia

Skopje, February 12 (MIA) – Chairman of the State Election Commission (SEC) Aleksandar Novakoski had separate meetings Thursday with the Head of OSCE/ODIHR election observation mission, Peter Eicher, and Swedish Ambassador to Macedonia Lars Peter Freden. The meetings focused on SEC’s preparations for the forthcoming presidential, local elections in the …

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Macedonia remains loyal to its goal to join NATO

Brussels, February 12  – Macedonia’s commitment and determination to remain loyal to its objective and pledge for full-fledged integration to NATO is the main message that was conveyed by country’s Foreign and Defense Ministers – Antonio Milososki and Zoran Konjanovski – to Alliance’s Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at …

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Free visa regime for Macedonia by yearend if it organizes successful elections

Berlin, February 12  – Macedonia has great opportunity to join NATO, the European Union and get free visa regime by yearend, but the realization of these objectives depend substantially on the organization of forthcoming elections, German Foreign Office Minister of State Guenther Gloser said Thursday in Berlin after meeting Vice-Premier …

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Senior UN official to go to Serbia for more talks on Kosovo

12 February 2009 – A senior United Nations official will meet with Serbian ministers later this month for wide-ranging discussions on Kosovo, which proclaimed its independence a year ago in a move that Serbia rejects. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Special Representative for Kosovo Lamberto Zannier received an invitation to meet with …

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