Fri, Feb 10 2012
In the morning of January 18 a meeting between Moscow mayor Yury Luzhkov and his accompanying delegation and Stefan Sofianski - member of Parliament of the parliamentary group of Bulgarian People's Union (BPU) and former Sofia mayor was held at Sofia's Sheraton Hotel, Focus news agency said.
Sofianski and Luzhkov gave an overview of current status of projects they once started together. Sofianski proposed to Luzkhov that they discuss new investment projects of Moscow in Sofia and on the North Black Sea coast, in the Kavarna-Shabla region. One project along the mouth of Kamchia river was already realised.
At the end of the meeting Luzhkov invited Sofianski and his wife to go visit in Moscow.
Iranian silver-plated pigeons, African leopard skins and a Chinese bronze yak were among the 70 items sold in an auction of gifts presented to Romania’s former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena.
Airports were also showing signs of better co-ordination and providing passengers with accurate real-time information, compared to previous period of travel disruption, transport commissioner Siim Kallas said.
Viktor Orban defends government's record, new constitution in state-of-the-nation address as he slams European Commission.
PM Donald Tusk invited authors, NGOs, experts and bloggers to a debate on the ACTA copyright agreement, but several key organisations, including the Helsinki Foundation, rejected the invitation claiming that the talks will likely offer no opportunity to discuss concrete issues.
'Dirty Jews' and 'Dirty Nazis' were the most popular chants when two groups clashed in front of Új Színház (New Theatre)