Bulgaria could add up to 100 troops in Afghanistan in 2010 and will consolidate its military contingent there in Kandahar, Defense Minister Nickolay Mladenov said Tuesday. “In the beginning of January 2010 the Ministry of Defense will request the Council of Ministers our mission in Kandahar to be increased with …

The leader of the Transnistrian region Igor Smirnov threatens the official Chisinau with the introduction of a visa regime for the Moldovan citizens, Info-Prim Neo reports, quoting the website of the radio station “Golos Rossii”.

The latest provocation stemming from Bulgaria’s ethnic model is taking place in the country, the nationalist VMRO party warns. In a letter sent to the media Wednesday, VMRO informs that a new party “Union for Peace, Authenticity and Culture” (POMAK) has been founded in the town of Trigrad, in a …