Serbia's new parliament expected to reject UN plan for Kosovo
 Monday Morning |
Washington Post -
PRISTINA, Serbia -- Kosovo's top UN official on Wednesday fired the police commissioner after weekend clashes between police and ethnic Albanian protesters led to the deaths of two people.
BusinessWeek -
by Zoran Pajic. Western Balkan countries are only just embarking on a journey to transformation, a process that must affect all walks of life, not least some stubborn old attitudes.
EU: Albania trade deal to go before EU ministers
just-drinks.com (subscription) -
EU ministers have been asked to approve a drinks-focused trade deal negotiated by the European Commission and Albania. Under a special annex on wines, a quota of duty-free Albanian sparkling and still wine imports will enter the EU each year.
Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania Ok Trans-Balkan oil pipeline
Portalino -
This is the beginning of the project's realization for the construction of an oil pipeline from Bulgaria's seaside city Burgas and Albania's city Vlora. The pipeline will transport the Caspian oil to West Europe and the US.
 AKI |
Reuters AlertNet -
"Relations between Italy and Croatia are generally very friendly and we would hope that this good relationship could apply also for discussions of events which are painful to both sides," Hansen said.
 Journal of Turkish Weekly |
Journal of Turkish Weekly -
A relatively small portion of Croatia's population lives below the poverty line, and poverty can be uprooted with faster creation of jobs and with improving the adequacy and effectiveness of social safety nets.
BULGARIA RANKS 62ND IN WORLD ECONOMIC FREEDOM RANKING
Sofia Echo -
Bulgaria ranks 103rd in trade freedom and 23rd in fiscal freedom. The freedom from the government index puts Bulgaria at the 100th position, which means that the state expenditure is high in Bulgaria, 40 per cent of the GDP.
Scheffer says Macedonia made great progress, but much remains to ...
Makfax -
NATO's Secretary General, Jaap De Hoop Scheffer, stated that Macedonia has accomplished a lot in terms of meeting the standards necessary for membership in the Alliance, adding however, that much work lies ahead for the country.
My criticism of reforms in Macedonia was not severe
Focus News -
My tone was not harsh but real, the EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said in regard to his criticism of Macedonia, which he made in Skopje.
Monday Morning |
International Herald Tribune -
Serbia lost control over Kosovo in 1999 when NATO bombing halted a Serb crackdown on the ethnic Albanian separatists and turned the province into a UN protectorate.
Serbia expected to reject UN Kosovo plan
Serbia Dismisses Kosovo Secession Plan
 Playfuls.com |
International Herald Tribune -
BRUSSELS, Belgium: The chief prosecutor of the UN war crimes tribunal criticized the EU and NATO on Monday for allowing Serbia to edge closer to membership despite its failure to apprehend suspects responsible for the bloodshed in former Yugoslavia.
Del Ponte warns EU against resuming cooperation talks with Serbia
Romania to pay car owners to junk old vehicles, buy new ones
Budapest Business Journal -
The government will give 3000 lei each to owners of 16500 cars to help them buy vehicles that meet stricter emissions standards, Environment Minister Sulfina Barbu said today at a press conference in Romania's capital, Bucharest. „Romania is among the ...
Earthtimes.org -
If such a thing happens, it will be discussed; this is a technical issue. Diplomacy is one of the instruments that can be used to resolve such issues, Guler said.
Turkey Plans Oil, Gas Exploration in Eastern Med (14/02/2007)
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