Geography of Europe

Deputies' Chamber Speaker: All EU member states should work together to support Moldova's European aspirations

Speaker of the Deputies' Chamber, Valeriu Zgonea, on Wednesday stated, at his meeting with the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Moldova, Viorel Cibotaru, that all the EU member states should work together, as a priority, to support Moldova's European aspirations.

Photo credit: (c) Mihai POZIUMSCHI / AGERPRES PHOTO

Dairy Sector Crisis Affects EU Market, Not Just Bulgaria - Agriculture Minister

Bulgaria's Agriculture Minister Desislava Taneva has suggested that the state is looking for mechanisms to support milk producers amid the ongoing crisis.

Taneva said in a Wednesday interview for the Bulgarian National Television that the crisis plaguing the dairy market was felt on an EU-level.

IMF has helped us communicate, says BNR Governor

The greatest benefit obtained by Romania in relation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is the fact that the institution has assumed the role of coordinating economic policies, the National Bank of Romania (BNR) Governor Mugur Isarescu said on Wednesday when referring to the need for a properly dosed economic policy, in a context in which structural reforms continue to be delayed.

Erdo?an's chief advisor has 'prepared guns,' ready to die for boss

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an?s chief advisor Yi?it Bulut has declared his readiness to defend his boss with ?two pistols and hundreds of bullets,? months after he made headlines claiming that telekinesis-wielding international powers were trying to assassinate Erdo?an.

President signs decree appointing Sevil Shhaideh Minister of Development (update, bio)

President Klaus Iohannis signed on Wednesday the decree appointing Sevil Shhaideh to the position of Minister of Regional Development and Public Administration, with the incoming official due to take the oath of investiture at 17:00 hrs at the Cotroceni Palace, official sources told AGERPRES.

Photo credit: (c) Sorin LUPSA / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

Russia-Crimea Bridge Already under Construction

Russian construction workers are already building a bridge that will link mainland Russia to the Crimean peninsula which the country incorporated last year.

The news was first announced by a Crimean association called "Simferopol" (the administrative center of Crimea) which posted pictures of the works on Facebook.

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