Permit problem causes lorry queues at Bulgarian-Turkish border
A continuing dispute about the issuing of transit permits led to a two-kilometre queue of lorries at the Bulgarian-Turkish border
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Month: February 2014
Injuries after new 5.7 Richter scale earthquake shakes Greece’s Cephalonia
A new earthquake of 5.7 on the Richter scale, according to the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens,
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Athens wary of third rescue package
Greece is to be granted a third rescue loan by its international lenders, according to German weekly Der Spiegel which
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Slovakian presidential election candidate drops out
Three recent polls were enough to convince one presidential candidate to drop out of the race, but have not clarified
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Ukraine’s Yanukovych says he is returning to work
Ukraine’s beleaguered President Viktor Yanukovych says he will be back to work Monday, even as new protests against him filled
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Parts of Central and Eastern Europe hard-hit by heavy snowfalls, icy weather
Code Red weather warnings have been issued for the Banat region of north-eastern Serbia and large parts of southern Austria
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Kerry meets Ukraine opposition, reaffirms US support
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with three of Ukraine’s opposition leaders Saturday in Germany, after exchanging sharp words
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Macedonia to hold presidential elections on April 13 2014
Presidential elections in Macedonia will be held on April 13 2014. The decision was signed on February 1 by the
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Plevneliev in call on State Security records as Bulgaria remembers victims of communism
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has issued a strong call against attempts to re-bury communist-era secret service records and to manipulate
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