16/11/2008

SOFIA. Bulgaria -- The Bulgarian government on Thursday (November 13th) approved a proposal to withdraw its 155 troops from Iraq when their mandate e...

14/11/2008

SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Lawmakers on Thursday (November 13th) appointed a committee to supervise the activity of the National Security Agency. The panel w...

14/11/2008

The banking sector in Greece will receive a 28 billion-euro rescue plan. Also in the news: Croatia's prime minister announces restrictive new economic measures for 2009, and the Serbian government again attempts to privatise the RTB Bor mining complex.

13/11/2008

Bulgarian prosecutors charged one of their country's richest businessmen Wednesday with gross tax crimes and conspiracy to commit property fraud.

12/11/2008

US actor James Belushi visits Albania. Also in cultural and sports news: Athens hosts the International Digital Film Festival, and a reading campaign spreads throughout Bulgaria.

11/11/2008

SOFIA, Bulgaria -- About 2,000 workers from Bulgaria's largest steelmaker, Kremikovtzi, blocked downtown Sofia on Monday (November 10th), protesting...

11/11/2008

Serbia's Cvetkovic is in Greece. Also in diplomatic news this week: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Italian counterpart, Silvio Berlusconi, will co-chair an intergovernmental summit.

10/11/2008

SOFIA, Bulgaria -- A new party called United Agrarians began operations on Saturday (November 8th) in Sofia. Its founders are a group of former membe...

10/11/2008

Bulgaria and China reach a co-operation agreement. Also in science and technology news: Romanian archaeologists unearth Bronze Age findings, and Sofia will begin free wireless internet service in its parks.

07/11/2008

SOFIA, Bulgaria -- The defence ministry announced on Thursday (November 6th) that it will withdraw its contingent from Iraq by the end of the year wh...