Eurozone business sluggish, but signs look up: survey
Brussels. The downturn in eurozone private sector business activity eased in May, even as the recession continued, a widely-watched survey showed on Thursday, AFP reported.

Bulgaria’s socialist party asks President to stop all appointments of ambassadors
Sofia. The Council on foreign policy and public diplomacy with the National Council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) insists for President Rosen Plevneliev to stop all appointments of ambassadors of the Republic of Bulgaria abroad.

Bulgaria MEP: Macedonia’s major problem is extreme nationalistic rhetoric, policy of its current govt
Sofia. “The name issue is not Macedonia’s major problem but rather the extreme nationalistic rhetoric and the policy of the current government,” said Bulgarian MEP Evgeni Kirilov with the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, the press office of his cabinet announced.