March, 2009

• 30 March

  EU Website ‘to Boost’ Cross-Border Business

  A new web portal gives entrepreneurs easy access to information on doing business in other European Union member states. The new portal, Your Europa – Business, helps small and medium-size businesses to take advantage of opportunities for trade and to offer their services on the single European market.

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• 30 March

  Macedonia’s Key Interest Rate Rises

  Macedonia’s National Bank, NBM has raised its benchmark interest rate by two percent in order to preserve the stability of the local currency, the Denar. The NBM’s head Petar Gosev announced this at a press conference in Skopje on Thursday. He informed that at the next auction, the NBM’s bonds …

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• 29 March

  8 soldiers, 15 Taliban killed in Afghanistan – Summary

  Kabul – Eight members of the Afghan security forces and 15 Taliban militants including two rebel commanders were killed in separate clashes and a roadside bomb explosion in Afghanistan, officials said Sunday. Taliban militants ambushed a police vehicle in Pashtun Zarghoon district of western Herat province on Sunday morning, killing …

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• 29 March

  Afghan president praises Obama’s new war plan

  KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday praised U.S. President Barack Obama’s new plan for the war in Afghanistan. President Hamid Karzai says Obama’s plan has Afghanistan’s full support. “He has our full support,” Karzai told a news conference. “This was better than what we expected.” Obama unveiled …

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• 28 March

  Official: Intel predicts rising Afghan violence

  WASHINGTON – U.S. intelligence suggests that violence in Afghanistan will rise through 2009 despite the Obama administration’s new strategy for combatting the Taliban and shoring up the Afghan government, a top intelligence official said Friday. Violence in Afghanistan has steadily risen for the past three years as the ousted Taliban …

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• 28 March

  Obama: Anti-terror plans focus on Pakistan, Afghanistan

  WASHINGTON – More troops, new legislation, improved troop training and added civilian expertise highlight President Obama’s strategy to fight terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Obama on Friday announced his plan to tackle what he called an “international security challenge of the highest order.” Stressing soberly that “the safety of people …

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• 28 March

  Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan unite

  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 27 – Taliban leaders in Pakistan have united with their Afghan comrades to launch a new offensive in Afghanistan, Taliban fighters say. Word of the move comes as the United States prepares to send 17,000 additional troops to Afghanistan this year, The New York Times (NYSE:NYT) reported …

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• 27 March

  Obama shifts strategy in Afghanistan: more troops, modest goals

  WASHINGTON — Shifting U.S. objectives in Afghanistan away from the Bush administration’s promise to build a Western-style democracy, President Barack Obama will announce on Friday that he’s deploying thousands of additional American troops and civilians to achieve more modest goals, such as enhancing security and promoting economic development, U.S. officials …

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• 27 March

  US, Afghan troops kill 11 militants in south

  KABUL – International and Afghan troops killed 11 militants when a raid in Afghanistan’s volatile south turned into a gunbattle with Taliban fighters, U.S. forces said Friday. Fighting broke out during the Thursday night raid targeting a key Taliban insurgent in a village in Helmand province, the military said in …

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• 27 March

  Taliban commander reportedly plots to retake Afghanistan

  WASHINGTON — Afghanistan’s former Taliban leader is pursuing a strategy to reclaim power, the top U.S. intelligence official said Thursday, identifying a key administration concern as the White House prepared to unveil a new strategy to step up combat operations and stabilization efforts.

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