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Financial Crisis Halves Kosovo Exports

Kosovo’s exports have almost halved in February 2009 compared to the same period last year. Figures from Kosovo’s statistical institution reveal a drop of 45 per cent in exports and a worsening trade balance. The country’s exports during February 2009 were worth €7.7 million, down from €14.1 million 12 months …

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Chaos and Fireworks Mark ‘Sarajevo Day’

The Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, marked the day it was liberated from Nazi occupation with traffic chaos – and the opening of a landmark shopping and business centre. “Sarajevo under siege again,” screamed a report by the city newspaper Oslobodjenje on Tuesday, comparing traffic chaos with the four-year, war-time siege of …

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Moldovan police regain control of parliament, president’s office

CHISINAU, April 8  – Moldovan police regained on Tuesday night control of the president’s office and the parliament, which were seized and ransacked during a protest on Tuesday against the election victory of the ruling Communist Party, Reuters reports from the Moldovan capital. The buildings are surrounded by crack police …

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