Kyrgyzstan

Iran will be invited to participate in talks in Vienna on Oct. 30 to discuss ending the conflict in Syria, a dialogue aimed at finding a framework for political transition in Damascus, the U.S. State Department said on Oct. 27. 

Voting for the snap elections on Nov. 1 has started at Turkey's representatives in foreign countries and at border gates across the country. 

A total of 2,895,885 Turkish citizens living abroad are eligible to vote either at 112 foreign representative offices in 54 countries or at 30 customs gates on Turkey's borders and international airports. 

Bulgaria won't extradite the dual U.S./Canadian citizen Leonard Homeniuk to Kyrgyzstan, a Bulgarian court has decided.

The District Court in the Danube city of Vidin on Wednesday denied a request of the Kyrgyz authorities to extradite the retired geologist on charges of corruption, citing the lack of an extradition treaty between Bulgaria and Kyrgyzstan.

Leonard Homeniuk, the dual U.S./Canadian citizen facing a court hearing in Bulgaria on his possible extradition to Kyrgyzstan, says that once his current predicament is over, he and his wife plan to work with London-based Fair Trials or other NGOs to try and reform Interpol, The Globe and Mail has reported.

Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry has revealed a new support program to overcome sector losses mainly due to economic problems in Russia and neighboring countries. 

A Bulgarian court on Wednesday granted bail to the former CEO of Toronto-based Centerra Gold Leonard Homeniuk, who has been under house arrest in Bulgaria for about two months.  

The move came two days after the Vidin Regional Court postponed to October 7 a hearing on a request for Homeniuk's extradition to Kyrgyzstan submitted by the Kyrgyz authorities.

A Bulgarian court has postponed for a second time the hearing on a request for the extradition of Leonard Homeniuk submitted by the Kyrgyz authorities due to insufficient documentation they had provided.

Novinite.com has approached Marina Stephens, wife of Leonard Homeniuk, for an interview focused on his legal battle against a potential extradition to Kyrgyzstan.

Sofia Appeals Court has decided that Leonard Homeniuk, a dual Canadian and United States citizen detained in Bulgaria, should remain under house arrest while awaiting a court hearing on an extradition request submitted by the Kyrgyz authorities.

Bulgarian MPs spent nearly BGN 470 000 on business trips abroad since they have assumed office ten months ago.

The MP with most business trips abroad was the former Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin, who traveled 18 times abroad in this period, his expenses amounting to more than BGN 9700, private bTV station informs.