Eurasia

SOFIA, Bulgaria Pavlin Dimitrov, who has been chief secretary in the Ministry of Interior up to now, will be proposed for deputy interior minister, Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov announced ahead of the meeting of the Council of Ministers.

Russia is to spend almost $500m (£300m) next year reinforcing its military bases in Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia, the prime minister says. Vladimir Putin’s announcement came as he arrived in Abkhazia for talks. He said Russia was committed to defending and financing the small strip of land in Georgia’s …

Another assassination has taken place in the unstable Caucasus region of southern Russia. The Ingushetian construction minister Ruslan Amerkhanov was shot dead by two unknown gunman this morning who walked into his office in Magas not far from the capital, and opened fire. Ingushetia is suffering from a rebellion by …

SUKHUMI, Georgia Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to the breakaway region of Abkhazia on Wednesday, pledging half a billion dollars to strengthen the defenses of the Moscow-backed rebel enclave. Russia recognized Abkhazia and another breakaway region, South Ossetia, as independent states last year after Russian troops …

KIEV, Ukraine Accusations made by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that Kiev carries out anti-Russian policies were aimed at Ukraine and not just President Viktor Yushchenko, his senior aide said on Wednesday. Medvedev on Tuesday warned energy security in the region was at risk due to Yushchenko’s policies toward Russia, in …

MACEDONIA Opposition claims that the 2001 Ohrid Peace Accord is a dead letter are unfounded, Macedonia’s Deputy Prime Minister Abdilakim Ademi says. The pact ended that year’s short-lived ethnic Albanian insurgency, promising the country’s largest minority official recognition of its language and culture and positive discrimination in state employment.

MOLDOVA Vlad Filat, liderul Partidului Liberal Democrat din Moldova (PLDM), a avut marţi o întrevedere cu ex-premierul Ion Sturza. Cei doi au luat masa împreună la un restaurant din Chişinău. Acum cîteva zile, fiind solicitat de presă să spună dacă Ion Sturza ar putea fi candidatul coaliţiei de guvernare la …

Curtea Constituţională (CC) va examina raportul Comisiei Electorale Centrale (CEC) cu privire la rezultatele alegerilor parlamentare anticipate din 29 iulie într-o şedinţă plenară vineri, 14 august. În caz de recunoaştere a alegerilor şi validare a mandatelor de deputat, preşedintele R. Moldova va trebui să convoace Parlamentul de legislatura a XVIII …

MOLDOVA “Principala problemă a relaţiilor dintre Chişinău şi Bucureşti o constituie faptul că România nu crea să recunoască identotatea moldovenească”, a declarat deputatul pe listele PCRM, Grigore Ptrenco, într-un interviu pentru ziarul “Puls”, organul de presă al comsomolului.

MOLDOVA In the kindergartens that are in demand, the groups are composed of 35-40 children, while in the other kindergartens – of 20-25 children. All Chisinau children of preschool age have places at kindergarten, Education Division officials Chisinau (IPN) The fear that their children will remain out of kindergarten makes …