November, 2008

• 4 November

  Iran Boosts Exports

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Volume of Iran’s exports has increased considerably over the past three years, Commerce Minister Masoud Mirkazemi said.

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• 3 November

  Gunmen kidnap French aid worker from Kabul street

  KABUL, Afghanistan – Gunmen kidnapped a French aid worker off the streets of Kabul on Monday and killed an intelligence agency employee who tried to intervene, in the latest attack against Westerners in the Afghan capital. Three assailants in a red Corolla blocked the roadway, then tried to grab two …

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• 3 November

  PM: Serbia Wants More Foreign Investment

  Belgrade – Serbia will offer incentives to foreign investors including low taxes and subsidies, with an aim of boosting the economy, Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic said Monday.

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• 3 November

  Three Bulgarian Parties Merge

  Sofia – Three Bulgarian political parties, the LIDER Party, the nationalist VMRO, and the Agrarian People’s Union, have united to form a new centre-right coalition called “Napred” (“Forward”).

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• 3 November

  Albania Rejects Kosovo’s Partition

  Tirana – Albanian President Bamir Topi rejected the option of Kosovo’s partition along ethnic lines, in a joint press conference with his Kosovo counterpart on Monday in Tirana.

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• 3 November

  Kosovo President Makes Key Albania Trip

  Pristina – Kosovo’s President Fatmir Sejdiu has left for Albania in his first trip as a head of state to the country.

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• 3 November

  Montenegro Won’t ‘Sacrifice’ EU over Kosovo

  Podgorica – Neither Montenegro nor Serbia should close the door on their European future because of Kosovo, Svetozar Marovic, Montenegro’s ruling party vice-president says.

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• 3 November

  Egypt ‘Weighing’ Kosovo Recognition

  Pristina – Egypt will very soon recognise Kosovo’s independence, says Abdullah Al Eshal, Cairo’s former deputy foreign minister and counsel to President Hosni Mubarak.

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• 3 November

  Bosnian Serbs Seek US Lawyers’ Help

  Sarajevo – The government of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity of Republika Srpska, has hired a US law firm to deal with the Office of the High Representative and upcoming key reforms.

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• 3 November

  No Serb Nuke Plant for ‘Another 15 Years’

  Belgrade – Serbia will not develop a nuclear power plant for at least another decade, Petar Skundric, the country’s Mining and Energy Minister says.

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