Sat, Nov 21 2009
Bulgarian President Georgi Purvanov welcomes his Montenegrin counterpart Filip Vujanovic at the Energy Summit "Natural Gas for Europe-Security and Partnership" in Sofia on April 24 2009.

European Commission, international financial institutions and EU member states agree on Western Balkans Investment Framework to fund projects in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia.
Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina must catch up on the reforms needed to qualify for a short-stay visa waiver like those allowed to Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee says, also calling for a ‘visa dialogue’ with Kosovo.
For the Western Balkans and Turkey, the prospect of EU membership has been a factor for stability and societal progress, and for democratic and economic transformation, Enlargement Commissioner says.
Earthquake with magnitude 4.2 on the Richter scale was recorded near the Albanian town of Durres
The European Commission is taking Bulgaria to court for delays in providing Sofia with adequate waste disposal facilities.
James Warlick is the spouse of Mary Warlick, director of the office of Russian affairs at the US state department, who has been nominated to serve as ambassador to Serbia
Bulgaria’s Health Ministry announced on November 20 2009 that the flu epidemic declared two weeks earlier is at an end as rates of infection decline. The announcement coincides with reports of two deaths from A (H1N1) flu in Bulgaria.
Acting on allegations by Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria leader Ivan Kostov, prosecutors and Government officials are to probe deals by which Movement for Rights and Freedoms leader Ahmed Dogan acquired various properties.
Prosecutors allege that a deal agreed by the former defence minister caused losses of 12.9 million leva.