Japan man, 80, scales Everest, sets record
Kathmandu. An 80-year-old Japanese climber reached the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday, becoming the oldest person to scale the world's highest mountain, his website and a Nepalese official said, AFP reported.

Vecer: EP to vote on resolution on Macedonia
Skopje. The European Parliament (EP) is to vote on the Resolution on the progress of Macedonia in 2012, proposed by British MEP Richard Howitt, writes Macedonian Vecer daily.

Problems in Bulgaria’s energy sector accumulated over the past 15-20 years: ex-minister
Sofia. “Problems in the Bulgarian energy sector has not been accumulated over the past few years but over the past 15-20 years,” said Lilyana Pavlova, MP with the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (CEBD) and former minister of regional development in the government of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, speaking for the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR).