September, 2009

• 2 September

  German military logistics experts prepare Georgian Defense Ministry to connect to NATO codification system

  GEORGIA The German Bundeswehr’s delegation, headed by Colonel Claus Dieter Blisom, is on a visit in Georgia and the main purpose of the visit is integration into a unified system of the NATO codification system, the Georgian Defense Ministry reported. Today, codification officers of the Logistic Center shared their experience …

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• 2 September

  Georgian Deputy PM leaves for Montenegro

  GEORGIA The Georgian Deputy Prime Minister, Giorgi Baramidze has left for Montenegro to pay a working visit. Baramidze will meet with Prime Minister of Montenegro, Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration, Defense and Foreign Affairs. In the history of Georgia and Montenegro, this is the first visit of this kind. …

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• 2 September

  Romanian minister cancels visit in row with Dutch

  ROMANIA Romanian Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu on Wednesday cancelled a visit to the Netherlands in protest at Dutch criticism of his country’s judiciary reform, officials said. A foreign ministry spokesman said it was an “unfriendly gesture” on the part of the Dutch government to make public the report, which contained …

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• 2 September

  Bulgaria expects to restore economic growth in 2011

  BULGARIA Bulgaria expects to reverse current recession and be back to economic growth in 2011, a finance ministry forecast said Wednesday. The economy is expected to contract by 6.5% this year and by 2% in the next year and grow by 3.8%, 4.8% and 5% in 2011, 2012 and 2013 …

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• 2 September

  Parliament elected members of “Stanishev” Committee

  BULGARIA The Bulgarian MPs elected members of “Stanishev” Committee, which would check up on former government’s deals and appointments, made over the last year of its term of office. The commission would be composed of 11 MPs from all parliamentary groups and would work for two months.

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• 2 September

  Russia requests Bulgarian soonest decision on energy projects

  RUSSIA Russia asks Bulgaria to make the soonest decision concerning its participation in joint projects and is ready to supply all the necessary information, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borissov on Tuesday. “We understand that the new government needs time to study materials, and we will …

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• 2 September

  Greek PM, President to meet over rumors about early elections

  GREECE Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis would meet President Karolos Papoulias, Naftemporiki online edition informed. It is expected government’s speaker Evangelos Andonaros to announce information on the coming meeting. Most probably Karamanlis would ask President to set fate for early parlialmentary elections so the cabinet to issue the new budget …

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• 2 September

  Macedonia: Parallelism in Blerim Reka and Dejan Gjorsovski activities in Brussels

  BELGIUM Macedonian ambassador to Brussels, Blerim Reka, is not satisfied with the decision for Dejan Gjorsovski to be appointed special representative to the EU headquarters, Macedonian A1 television reports, citing diplomatic sources. Ambassador Reka, however, has been assured that Gjorsovski’s arrival will not put his post at risk. According to …

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• 2 September

  Macedonia: European train goes down

  MACEDONIA Macedonian government has started preparing citizens for the change of country’s name, part of analyzers consider after foreign minister Antonio Miloshovski’s statement Greece would block opening of the EU accession talks. On the other side, experts interpret the statement as new “Greek veto” and as an alibi behind which …

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• 2 September

  Turkey’s opposition parties criticize normalization talks with Armenia

  TURKEY Turkey’s opposition parties on Tuesday criticized the government’s move to start talks on establishing diplomatic ties with the country’s long-time foe Armenia for making unilateral concession. Armenia has not changed its policy enough or implemented necessary preconditions to allow a reconciliation with Turkey, the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet Daily News …

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