Sofia Gathers Balkan Neighbours in Military Forum
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Politics: 24 September 2004, Friday. A special trilateral meeting of the Defence Ministers and the Chiefs of Army Staff of Bulgaria, Albania and Macedonia will be opened later on Friday in Sofia.
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Bulgaria in Brief: 8 November 2004, Monday. A Slovakian parliamentary delegation headed by Speaker Pavol Hrusovsky met in Sofia with his Bulgarian counterpart Ognyan Gerdzhikov.
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Defence and foreign ministers arrive in Edinburgh to discuss the future of Afghanistan.
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Politics: 31 December 2004, Friday. Bulgarian troops in Diwaniyah will meet the New Year together with their fellow-soldiers from the Polish-led multinational division in Iraq.
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"Kosovo directly affects the security and stability of our region"  Surrounded by photographers, NATO's Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, center right, talks to Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki, center left, during an informal dinner for ministers, in the ... via The Macon Telegraph
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Mediators in the settlement of the Transdniestrian conflict, who represent Russia, Ukraine and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, are discussing initiatives to strengthen trust-building ...
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BELGRADE, Nov 29 (IPS) - Three Balkans nations, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina  and Montenegro, have been invited to join the Partnership for  Peace (PfP) programme by leaders gathered at the North Atlantic  Treaty Organisation (NATO) summit in Riga, Latvia.
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ATHENS, Feb 11 (IPS) - The countdown has begun to the NATO summit in  Bucharest Apr. 2-4 where Macedonia expects to be invited to join  the alliance.
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U.S. President George W. Bush arrived in Bulgaria on Sunday for the final leg of his European tour, after earlier being warmly greeted as the first U.S. president to visit Albania.The American president is expected to discuss with Bulgarian leaders his controversial missile defense shield plan, and independence for the Serbian province of Kosovo.
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New NATO ally Bulgaria will send 350 troops as and airport security guard in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul, a military commander said Tuesday.
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Foreign ministers and deputy foreign ministers from the Albania, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia-Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina started a two-day meeting on Friday in Ohrid, south of Macedonia, China ...
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Nato has held unprecedented ministerial talks with Israel and six Arab nations aiming to strengthen ties with friends on the allianceâs volatile southern and south-eastern flanks.
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Bulgaria in Brief: 14 November 2004, Sunday. Twenty-four representatives of the Bulgarian Army Special Operation Forces will participate in the EMPECINADO-04 international military exercise, which will be ...
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Politics: 27 September 2004, Monday. Experts from EU Resources Management in the Bulgarian Finance Ministry and the Dutch Economic Institute ECORYS gathered around a Second Round Table for Partnership in Sofia ...
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Business: 20 October 2004, Wednesday. Italian companies from Lombardy discussed the possible cooperation with Bulgarian firms in the field of communal services at a business forum in Sofia.
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"I am calling for calmness and a little bit more patience, Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev said. "We are taking and will be taking all steps to bring this whole case to an end as soon as possible and see our compatriots very soon on Bulgarian soil."  By Anna MudevaSOFIA  - Bulgaria and the European Union called on Libya on Wednesday to transfer six foreign medics to Sofia, after Tripoli lifted their death sentences for infecting hundreds of children with the HIV virus.The five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor, who have spent more than eight years in jail, could be pardoned by the Balkan country's president if they are sent to Sofia under a 1984 prisoner exchange agreement with Libya.Following hectic diplomatic talks and payment of hundreds of millions of dollars to the families of 460 HIV victims, Tripoli commuted the death sentences against the six to life imprisonment late on Tuesday, paving the way for their release. Read more
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Nato ministers are set to meet envoys from Israel and six Arab nations for their highest-level talks with the alliance&#39;s southern neighbours.