Obama meets with Russian security official
Washington. President Barack Obama dropped in Wednesday on a White House meeting with the secretary of Russia's Security Council to discuss Syria and counter-terrorism cooperation, the White House said, AFP reports.

State companies have 6 months to choose banks
Sofia. The Corporate Commercial Bank, the Central Cooperative Bank, Investbank, UBB, UniCredit Bulbank, Raiffeisenbank are the financial institutions managing funds of state companies, 24 Chasa daily reveals.

The EU agrees on completing its internal energy market by 2014
Brussels. EU leaders discussed, at the extraordinary European Council Meeting in Brussels, European energy market and ways to make energy price more affordable, BNT reports.