Mon, Nov 30 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
Which institutions were deemed useless, was to be determined by a European expert audit, which was to publish its report on November 30.
Former minister Hristova has been elected leader of Bulgaria's NMSP after Saxe-Coburg stepped down .
"We have failed," was the bitter conclusion of the channel's owners, after 18 months of broadcasting.
Prime Minster Boiko Borissov accepts resignation of Deputy Foreign Minister Krassimir Kostov, shown to be a collaborator of the communist-era State Security.
A new leader and a new direction are on the agenda for the national congress of the National Movement for Stability and Progress, to be held in Sofia on November 28 2009.