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Views on BG | July 4, 2009, Saturday Financial Times By Theodor Troev and Nikolay Petrov A new populist right-ofcentre party led by Boyko Borisov, a former police officer and mayor of Sofia, is set to finish first in Bulgaria's general election tomorrow but will fail to win an outright majority, according to opinion polls. Bulgaria, the poorest European Union member, faces a fruitless summer of political bargaining that could mean holding another election this year - possibly prolonging the effects of recession and threatening the country's currency board regime, which pegs the lev to the euro. "A coalition government is the only option, but a stable formula cannot be achieved through left or rightwing groupings alone," said Kancho Stoychev, of Balkan British Social Surveys-Gallup International. Mr Borisov's party, Citizens... [read full story]
Dinsdag 24 november 2009 | European Union ] The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of the US company Cargill's animal nutrition business in Spain and Portugal by Dutch based...
Brussels - The composition of the next European Commission, the European Union's executive arm, headed towards completion Tuesday with a handful of formal nominations from the last four member state...
LONDON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- A human rights organization Tuesday accused Britain of complicity in the torture of its citizens in Pakistan, calling it cruel, illegal and not productive. Human Rights Watch said in its report the...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- The international community should put pressure on the Pakistani government to do more to control regional terrorism, the Indian prime minister said. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is in...
