Mar
09

Eastern Europe – Bulgaria Ethnic Turkish Party Opposes President Impeachment (Novinite.com)

Bulgaria Ethnic Turkish Party Opposes President Impeachment (Novinite.com)
Bulgaria’s ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) party broke the silence Tuesday and declared they oppose eventual impeachment of President Georgi Parvanov.

Romanian Bus Crashes in Bulgaria, No Injuries (Novinite.com)
A bus, carrying Romanian nationals, crashed Monday night near the western town of Pernik, after sliding on a slippery road and falling into a by-road gutter. No casualties have been reported.

Bulgaria Wants Representation in Macedonian Custody Case (Novinite.com)
Spaska Mitrova was released from jail early for good behavior, but is now facing a parental rights trial. Photo by BGNES

Bulgaria Offers Macedonia All-out Friendship Treaty (Novinite.com)
Bulgaria has offered Macedonia a draft treaty for good neighborliness and friendship, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Vesela Cherneva has announced. The Macedonian government in Skopje is still mulling over the proposal, she explained.

Romania appoints Ambassador to Moldova after nearly one year (Moldova.org)
Romania appoints Ambassador to Chisinau after nearly a year without an embassy chief Romanian President Traian Basescu signed a decree this weekend appointing Marius Lazurca as Bucharest’s Ambassador to Chisinau. Mr. Lazurca went through legislative hearings early in February. He used to be Romania’s chief of embassy at the Vatican. After the anti-Communist protests in Chisinau in April …

Romanian Bus Crashes in Bulgaria, No Injuries (Novinite.com)
All forty five Bulgarian citizens were transported and accommodated at a nearby village free of charge. Photo by BGNES

Turkish man shot at Ukrainian consulate (CNN)
Police shot a Turkish man after he opened fire on the Consulate of Ukraine, local officials and media said

Bulgaria Ethnic Turkish Party Opposes President Impeachment (Novinite.com)
The DPS Deputy Chair, Lyutvi Mestan, sais his party does not see any constitutional or legal basis for impeaching the President. Photo by BGNES

Bulgaria Wants Representation in Macedonian Custody Case (Novinite.com)
Bulgaria is insisting that a country official representative attends the trial of Spaska Mitrova in Macedonia. The official request has been logged by Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry, the Ministry’s spokesperson, Vesela Cherneva, informed Tuesday, cited by the Bulgarian National Radio, BNR.

Turkish Man Shot at Ukrainian Consulate (The Moscow Times)
A Turkish man armed with a gun and suspected of carrying a bomb was shot and wounded by a security guard when he tried to enter the Ukrainian consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, Turkish officials said.