Conservative candidate tops Cyprus election, but faces rival in runoff
Conservative Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades will have to face leftist rival Stavros Malas in a runoff poll next week after
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Day: February 17, 2013
Cyprus votes on February 17 for new president
Voters in Cyprus are going to the polls Sunday to elect a new president who must negotiate a financial rescue
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Bulgarian energy commission head resigns at request of PM over illegal cigarette selling business
Four days after Yuliana Ivanova was appointed as the new head of Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission, she
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Hundreds attend funeral of famed Bulgarian actor Todor Kolev
Hundreds of people from Bulgaria’s film and theatre world attended the funeral service for Todor Kolev, the prominent Bulgarian actor
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Clashes between police, protesters in Sofia as thousands protest in Bulgarian cities against electricity companies
There were clashes between police and protesters in the Bulgarian capital city Sofia on February 17 2013 as police blocked
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Editorial: The Hamas visit sought only a theatre stage in Sofia for its tussle with Fatah
In the wake of Bulgaria’s expulsion of a group from Hamas, it is time for some clarity about the context
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Skopje thanks Prague for decision to use ‘Republic of Macedonia’ name
Macedonian foreign minister Nikola Poposki has written to his Czech counterpart Karel Schwarzenberg expressing thanks for the decision by the
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Positive messages on bilateral relations after Borissov meets Gruevski in Skopje
An evening meeting in Skopje between Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski on February 16
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Poland’s Dreamliners will not fly before October
Poland’s state-owned airline LOT will not use both its Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger jets before October, as the U.S. aircraft
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