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March, 2009

  • 7 March

    Croatia, Hungary to build EUR 395 M gas transit pipeline – Sources

    Croatia and Hungary are likely to build a gas transit pipeline with an annual capacity of 6.5 billion cubic metres, stated Croatian gas transmission company Plinacro, according to media reports. The project’s cost is seen at EUR 395 million, while the pipeline is expected to completed by the end of …

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  • 7 March

    Clinton, Lavrov differ over Kosovo

    GENEVA, March 6 – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday voiced their different positions over Kosovo. Speaking to a press conference after their first meeting in the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva, Clinton said she congratulated Kosovo leader over the “first year” of …

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  • 7 March

    Thousands of Bosnians working abroad return home due to loss of job

    Sarajevo – Several thousand Bosnian nationals working abroad have returned to their homeland in the past few months, after losing a job due to the economic crisis and recession that hit the countries where they worked. According to the data of the B-H Unemployment Office, the total of 2,737 employees …

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  • 7 March

    Bulgaria Checks MP Hopefuls for Murky Past

    A special panel investigating Bulgaria’s communist-era police files said it will release the names of agents and collaborators who are running for a parliamentary seat in the upcoming general and European Parliament elections. “The commission will probe the past of some 4000 candidates for MPs and another 1000 MEP hopefuls,” …

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  • 7 March

    Hungarian Minister: Croatia Will Join NATO

    Hungarian Defence Minister Imre Szekeres said Croatia and Albania will become full members of NATO at the upcoming NATO summit, and reaffirmed his full support for their integration. “In a month, Croatia and Albania will become full members of NATO and that is not only important for them, but for …

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  • 7 March

    Lukashenko Has Some Advice for Serbs

    Belarus’s President Alexander Lukashenko, on his way back from a trip to the Serbian resort of Kapoanik, stopped to speak to journalists with some advice to Serbs beginning to feel the pinch of the current economic slowdown. “If you hope that people from Europe or America will come and give …

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  • 6 March

    Voters back Obama on Afghanistan surge

    A majority of US voters support President Barack Obama’s decision to send an additional 17,000 troops to Afghanistan and give him high marks on his handling of foreign policy, according to a poll released yesterday. But the survey showed public opinion divided over whether Obama should heed a request from …

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  • 6 March

    Croatia To Accept EU Help In Dispute With Slovenia

    EU member Slovenia has blocked 12 chapters, or one-third, of Croatia`s entry negotiations. Croatia will accept the European Union’s offer to mediate in its border row with Slovenia, but it remains unclear if this will be enough to remove the Slovenian veto that has blocked Zagreb’s EU accession talks this …

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  • 6 March

    Bulgaria Backs Down On Nuclear Reactors Restart

    Parliament gave the Socialist-led government a mandate in January to seek a permission from the EU to reopen the reactors. Bulgaria has backed down on plans to restart two Soviet-era nuclear reactors and will now focus on lobbying for more European Union compensation for the shut units, officials said on …

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  • 6 March

    President Says Serbia Will Catch Mladic

    Serbia continues to gather fresh intelligence on its main war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic and will capture him, President Boris Tadic said on Thursday. “Every day we receive various information about Ratko Mladic and once we gather enough information we will arrest him,” Tadic told reporters. “Serbia is absolutely determined …

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