Fri, Feb 10 2012
On November 19, Bulgarian President Georgi Purvanov is making a work visit to Serbia, the press service of the Presidency said in a statement.
In Belgrade, Purvanov is scheduled to meet Serbian counterpart Boris Tadic, and plenary talks between the Bulgarian and Serbian delegations are set to take place.
The two heads of state will make a joint statement for the media, after which they will attend the friendly football game between the national teams of their respective states. The match will take place at the Partizan Belgrade stadium on November 19, starting 6.20pm.
‘I am delighted we managed to identify and attract some of the brightest and best people from Bulgaria and Romania to come and work at the European Commission,’ EC Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič said.
The current ‘negative Arctic Oscillation’ – a weather phenomenon which leads to cold conditions in Europe and relatively warmer conditions in the Arctic – should shift into a more neutral pattern within the next two to three weeks.
The extreme cold has been blamed for almost 400 deaths across Europe. In Ukraine, where temperatures have fallen below minus 30 degrees Celsius, the cold is blamed for at least 122 deaths. Many of the victims were homeless.
At the end of Q3 2011, the highest government debt to GDP ratio was in Greece, at 159.1 per cent.
Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov says that Bulgaria supports the draft Security Council resolution presented by Morocco because it outlines a peaceful transition process that is the only way to stop the killings of civilians in Syria.