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The United States encouraged Bulgaria's new government on Friday to press ahead with a review of major Russian-backed energy projects agreed on by the previous Socialist-led cabinet.

One of Bulgaria's most high profile court cases finally concluded on December 1 with two sentences, one of five years' imprisonment and the other, a three-year suspended jail term.

NATO foreign ministers are set to give a Membership Action Plan -- an essential stepping stone on the road toward alliance membership -- to Montenegro and put off a decision on Bosnia-Herzegovina. Speaking on December 3 before the opening of a two-day meeting in Brussels, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the decisions on Montenegro ...

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - EU foreign relations chief Javier Solana, who retires this week, will be remembered as a master of quiet, behind-the-scenes diplomacy.

If 100 years ago someone had spoken about all Romanians getting united in a close - even very close - future, the prophet of such a feat would doubtlessly have been regarded with the deepest skepticism.

The project is backed by several European states and the United States . Nabucco gas pipeline The main source of Nabucco's supply will be the second stage of the Shah Deniz gas field in Azerbaijan , coming on-stream in 2013.

Slovenia became the latest European country to join Gazprom's South Stream pipeline project on Saturday, signing an agreement which paves the way for Russian gas to reach European markets.

The Moldovan section of a trunk pipeline delivering natural gas to the Balkans as well as supplying gas for two districts in Moldova had been repaired by Tuesday morning after being damaged by an explosion early on Sunday, the Moldova-Gaz company said on Tuesday.

In an op-ed for "USA Today," Jeffrey Gedmin discusses RFE and the role of free media in societies living under repressive regimes.

By Aleksander Kwasniewski SOME complain that the European Union lacks a "world view". In fact, the EU's problem is that it has too many of them.

This is the second blast this year on the Russian gas pipeline, supplying gas to the Balkans via Moldova.

In the dense forests of the idyllic Danube island of Persin, home to the endangered sea eagle and the pygmy cormorant, lie the ghastly remains of a communist-era death camp.

Date : Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:09:35 +0400 BALKANS: US-STYLE WAHHABISM Vladislav Gulevich en.fondsk.ru 04.11.2009 Over a year ago the US and its European vassals had recognized the independence of Kosovo.

A visa-free travel regime for citizens of Russia and Ukraine to enter Croatia, famous for its resorts, expires on Saturday.

Bulgarians are only 1% of legal immigrants in Italy while Romanians are close to one-fifth. Photo by EPA/BGNES Only about 41 000 of the some 3,9 million legal immigrants in Italy are from Bulgaria.

According to the latest Europol report, Bulgaria plays key role in Europe in the distribution of synthetic drugs, counterfeit EUR bills and fake bank debit and credit cards.

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - As borders come down within and beyond Europe, it is not only legitimate businesses that are benefiting, but those businesses that produce drugs, traffic in humans, manufacture fake luxury goods and counterfeit euros - businesses better known as organised crime - are profiting too, according to a new report from the EU's ...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, reviews a guard of honour with Serbia's President Boris... Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, reviews a guard of honour with Serbia's President Boris Tadic, Tuesday, Oct.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev carried a $1 billion loan to recession-hit Serbia on Tuesday, as Moscow seeks to expand its political and economic influence in the Balkans.

The presidents of Hungary and Serbia both called for the earliest possible admission of Serbia to the European Union in Budapest on Monday, saying it was in the interests of the entire region.