Somali pirates free Greek ship with 7 Ukrainian citizens aboard (Itar-Tass)
NAIROBEE, December 17 (Itar-Tass) – Somali pirates have freed the Greek ship Delvina with seven Ukrainian citizens aboard, Andrew Mwangura, the director of the East African Seafarers Assistance Program said Thursday.
Israeli, Turkish presidents meet to mend ties (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The Israeli and Turkish presidents met on Friday on the sidelines of the UN climate summit in the highest-level meeting since ties between the two allies nosedived in the wake of the Gaza war.
Greek Newspaper: Macedonia-Bulgaria New Route for Human Traffickers (Novinite.com)
Greek daily newspaper Makedonia has suggested that human smugglers have started to avoid Greece and instead are using a new corridor through Macedonia and Bulgaria.
Erdogan to Borisov: Radical Statements Target Turkish Minority in Bulgaria (Novinite.com)
A more detailed transcript of Thursday s conversation between Erdogan and Borisov over the debate on the 10-minute Turkish-language news emissions on the Bulgarian national TV was reported Friday by CNN Turk.
Moldova to remove barbed wire along its border with Romania (Moldova.org)
Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat has ordered the removal of barbed wire along the border with Romania. He was speaking at a cabinet meeting on 16 December while appointing Gen Alexei Roibu as head of the Moldovan Border Guard Service. Roibu, 53, had headed the department for combating corruption and economic crime. “You should prepare all documents regarding the removal of barbed wire from the …
Turkish championship result and standings (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
Turkish championship result and standings on Friday. Besiktas 2 Bursaspor 3
Moldova and Ukraine to secure the rights of minorities (Moldova.org)
The Republic of Moldova and Ukraine will be cooperating to ensure the national minorities rights as per the Agreement signed on Thursday night in Chisinau by Moldovan Deputy Premier, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Iurie Leanca and Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Peter Poroshenko. The two ministers discussed issues of border demarcation, recognition of each other s …
Erdogan to Borisov: Radical Statements Target Turkish Minority in Bulgaria (Novinite.com)
Turkish PM Erdogan has called Bulgarian PM Borisov to express his concern over the Turkish language news issue. Photo by EPA/BGNES
Attacks on Greek ruling party offices ahead of debt talks (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Arsonists attacked offices of Greece’s ruling Socialist party in Athens on Friday as the country suffered a new credit blow ahead of a parliament debate on how to confront its massive debt.
Bulgaria publishes book on Bulgarian, Chinese cultures (People’s Daily)
A new Bulgarian book entitled “Bulgaria-China. Culture Tourism” was presented in the Confucius Institute in Sofia on Thursday. “The book is ingeniously structured in three languages — Chinese, English and Bulgarian, which makes it the first of its kind in the cultural exchange between the two countries,” says Chinese ambassador to Bulgaria Zhang Wanxue in the preface of the book. In this book …
