Eurasia

Bulgarian, Palestinian presidents meet on Mideast peace, bilateral ties

Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov said here on Tuesday that his country supports the establishing of an independent Palestinian state, and will continue to keep good relations with Israel. “I had once again the opportunity to emphasize that fair and lasting solution of the Middle East peace process

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Bulgarian nationalist party to table petition for referendum on Turkey’s EU bid

One of Bulgaria’s right-wing nationalist parties, VMRO, said that it would ask Parliament to debate whether the country should hold a referendum on Turkey’s accession to the European Union, after the party claimed to have gathered 300 000 signatures from Bulgarian citizens calling for a referendum.

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Turkey-EU hold meeting in Istanbul

Turkey’s Cabinet ministers and senior representatives of the EU met Tuesday in Istanbul. Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and chief EU negotiator Egemen Bagis led the Turkish delegation. The EU has been represented by

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Serbian Deputy Public Prosecutor for War Crimes: Ganić would have fair trial

Serbian Deputy Public Prosecutor for War Crimes Milan Petrović said that war-time Bosnia-Herzegovina presidency member Ejup Ganić would have a fair trial in Serbia. A legal battle for the extradition of the Bosnian Muslim politician from Britain to Serbia in currently underway in London.

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