ROMANIA Romanian social democrat senator Olguta Vasilescu said Monday the social democrats and the democrat liberals agreed on running presidential elections on November 22, a final decision being made in the Government meeting. Vasilescu said it is almost certain the election will be organized on this date, as this was …

BULGARIA Customs and tax officials will be checking all goods entering or leaving Bulgaria to and from its two European Union neighbours Greece and Romania, Bulgarian-language Trud daily said on August 24 2009. Checks will cover all nine of Bulgaria’s border checkpoints with the EU. Since January 2007, when Bulgaria …

BULGARIA Bulgaria should take advantage in the best possible way of the opportunities to develop and participate in common European energy projects, Foreign Minister Rumyana Zheleva said at a press conference. Bulgaria is reviewing to what extent it can participate in the energy projects amid an economic crisis, she said …