Monthly Archives: August 2009

All Chisinau children of preschool age have places at kindergarten, Education Division officials

MOLDOVA In the kindergartens that are in demand, the groups are composed of 35-40 children, while in the other kindergartens – of 20-25 children. All Chisinau children of preschool age have places at kindergarten, Education Division officials Chisinau (IPN) The fear that their children will remain out of kindergarten makes …

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The ruling coalition stakes on support of external creditors

MOLDOVA Representatives of the four parties expressed their concern with the orders given by the Communist leaders to the Government to spend all the money, which remains in the budget, as soon as possible. The new coalition stakes on support on the part of external creditors, the leaders of the …

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Vasile Tarlev designates person, who will agree to occupy premier’s post, as kamikadze

MOLDOVA He motivated his words by the fact that under the present conditions of the economic crisis in Moldova the future Premier will have to work hard. Ex-Premier of Moldova, Chairman of the Centrist Union of Moldova (CUM) Vasile Tarlev considers that the person, who will agree to occupy the …

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Armenian community of Georgia faces problem of education in native language

The Armenian Diaspora of Georgia faces considerable problems, said Stepan Petrosyan , RA Deputy Minister of Diaspora today to a question of a representative of the Armenian community of Georgia, at the opening ceremony of the 7-th annual All-Armenian Youth Conference in the Armenian resort town of Tsaghkadzor. 

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Romania to cut budget costs by $1.9 bln in IMF deal

BUCHAREST, Romania Romania will curb spending by 5.5 billion lei ($1.9 billion) this year, in part through cuts in public pay, to meet its new budget deficit goal agreed with the IMF, Finance Minister Gheorghe Pogea said on Tuesday. Although the International Monetary Fund has allowed Bucharest to raise the …

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Bulgarian government to pen Kremikovtzi plan

A working group will be formed to work out ways to lift ailing steelmaker Kremikovtzi out of the doldrums while protecting to the utmost the interests of the state, workers and bondholders, a government media statement said. The announcement came after Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov met representatives of bondholders …

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Albanian villagers block CoE team

TIRANA Albanian villagers prevented Council of Europe (CoE) officials from conducting an investigation into the trafficking of human organs, Albanian media reported. Former Hague chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte mentioned in her book published last year that the home of the Katuci family and the village of Rripe in north …

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Medvedev delays sending ambassador to Ukraine

MOSCOW Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced on Tuesday he was holding off sending Russia’s new ambassador to Ukraine over Kiev’s anti-Russian policies. “I would like to inform you that over Ukraine’s anti-Russian policies I have made the decision to delay sending our new ambassador to Ukraine,” Medvedev said in a …

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Kosovo to purchase embassy buildings

PRIŠTINA The Kosovo Albanian government has passed a decision for the purchase of buildings in Washington, London, Paris and Brussels, to house its embassies. According to a statement released in Priština, the government adopted a request of its foreign ministry to start with buying only four buildings due to a …

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Trajković on Kosovo election boycott

BELGRADE The Serb National Council of Kosovo (SNV) official Radmila Trajković has commented on the government’s stance regarding the announced local elections in Kosovo. She said that “local self-government will have no responsibility toward Serbs” if Belgrade called for a boycott of the vote, scheduled for November. “I do not …

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