July, 2009

• 5 July

  Albania’s socialists threaten street protests after election defeat

  TIRANA, Albania’s opposition Socialists are threatening to hold street protests after election authorities declared Prime Minister Sali Berisha’s Democrats had won enough seats in last weekend’s election to form a government.

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• 5 July

  Romania gets European loan for new metro line

  BUCHAREST Romania will get a 370-million-euro (517-million-dollar) loan from the European Investment Bank to build a new metro line in Bucharest, Transport Minister Radu Berceanu said Saturday.

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• 5 July

  Record Number of People Registered to Cast Vote in Bulgaria Kardzhali

  70 000 more Bulgarian citizens ,compared to the MEP elections, have been registered to cast vote in the South-East Kardzhali region. For the Parliament Elections which will be held Sunday, July 5, 220 229 have been registered, which is 70 000 people more than the MEP elections on June 7, …

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• 5 July

  US Ambassador McEldowney: Bulgaria People Expect Actions

  The US Ambassador in Bulgaria, Nancy McEldowney, said that both Bulgarians and friends of Bulgaria expects specific actions to be taken by the next government. The Ambassador expressed said Saturday in an interview for Darik Radio that the new government must set clear goals and announce them in public. The …

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• 5 July

  Bulgaria to Lose Council of Europe Accreditation if Elections not Fair

  If severe breaches are established during the Bulgarian Parliament elections day, the country may lose the accreditation of the Bulgarian delegation to the Council of Europe. This was announced Saturday by the head of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) delegation to Bulgaria, Tadeusz Iwínski, Darik Radio …

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• 5 July

  Leftist Party To Join Albania’s Right-Wing Govt

  The Socialist Movement for Integration, LSI, announced on Saturday, that it had accepted a request from right-wing incumbent Prime Minister Sali Berisha, to join the ruling coalition after last Sunday’s poll. Speaking at a press conference in Tirana, the LSI head and former Socialist Prime Minister Ilir Meta said that …

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• 3 July

  Cred, cu toate că e absurd!

  „Dacă România reuşeşte să parcurgă în 30 de ani drumul spre UE… va fi foarte bine” (Vladimir Voronin, preşedintele PCRM, anul 2000) Credo, quia absurdum! Cred, cu toate că e absurd! Aşa obişnuia să răspundă marele teolog Tertulian celor care, păşind după normele elementare ale logicii, încercau să îi demonteze …

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• 3 July

  Saslušan Sefer Halilović o trošenju novca za povratak

  SARAJEVO – Sefer Halilović, poslanik u parlamentu BiH, saslušan je u srijedu u Tužilaštvu BiH koje je aktueliziralo istragu o nepravilnostima u izboru kompanija za nabavku građevinskog materijala za poslove koji su finansirani sredstvima Federalnog ministarstva socijalne skrbi, izbjeglica i rasljenih lica. “Sefer Halilović bio je ministar socijalne skrbi, izbjeglica …

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• 3 July

  Croatian parliament approves Sanader’s resignation

  ZAGREB, Croatia Parliament on Thursday (July 2nd) approved the surprise resignation of Ivo Sanader from his post as prime minister. This starts the clock on up to 30 days of consultations before President Stipe Mesic taps a successor. The frontrunner is Sanader’s choice, Deputy Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor, of the …

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• 3 July

  Contested votes to be counted in Tirana

  TIRANA, Albania The Central Election Commission (CEC) decided on Thursday (July 2nd) to bring the last voting boxes from the Lezha and Fier regions and count the ballots live on national TV in Tirana. The final results are expected late Friday. Voting has been contested in Shkodra, Berat and Fier.

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