Spain's borrowing costs creep higher
Madrid. Borrowing costs for Spain crept higher Thursday as the recession-hit country made big inroads into financing state spending for 2013, AFP reported.

Bulgaria PM: Deputy chief of SANS resigned, I accepted the resignation
Sofia. “Deputy Director of the State Agency for National Security (SANS), Dimitar Yordanov, handed in his resignation and I accepted it,” said Bulgarian Prime Minister Marin Raykov at a press conference organised at the Council of Ministers, FOCUS News Agency reporter informed.

Bulgaria President to hand govt formation mandate to 2nd biggest political power
Sofia. Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev will hand the mandate for the formation of the next Bulgarian government to the second biggest political power – Coalition for Bulgaria, later on today.