March, 2009

• 17 March

  Montenegro’s opposition accuses Italian premier of ‘meddling’

  Podgorica, Montenegro – Montenegro’s political opposition on Monday accused Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of “meddling” in the Balkan country’s current election campaign. Nebojsa Medojevic, head of the Movement for Change, made the statement in reaction to Berlusconi’s one-day visit with Montenegran Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic in Podgorica. 

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• 17 March

  Tito show draws crowds in Belgrade

  Belgrade – More than a 1,000 visitors flocked to the opening of an exhibition in Belgrade dedicated to former Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito at the weekend in a sign that fascination with the former communist is still alive nearly 30 years after his death. The Belgrade Museum of the …

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• 17 March

  Russia to rearm nuclear arsenal

  RUSSIAN President Dmitry Medvedev last night ordered a large-scale Russian rearmament – including its nuclear arsenal – from 2011. Mr Medvedev said Russia’s forces needed to be modernised to respond to international terrorism and NATO expansion. Speaking before a meeting with defence chiefs, Mr Medvedev said a modern military “is …

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• 17 March

  Russia gives aid to Georgia

  MOSCOW – RUSSIA on Tuesday agreed to give $226 million dollars (114 million euros) of aid to two rebel regions of Georgia. Moscow will give 2.36 billion rubles (52 million euros) to Abkhazia and 2.8 billion rubles to South Ossetia. 

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• 17 March

  Georgian authorities express protest against military exercises, underway in Abkhazia

  TBILISI, March 17 –Georgian authorities express protest against military exercises, underway in Abkhazia on March 17-18, Georgian State Minister for Reintegration Temuri Yakobashvili told reporters on Tuesday. “The presence of Abkhazian armed forces of such a high numerical strength in the administrative border area is alarming,” he said. 

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• 17 March

  Romania To Simplify Tax System

  Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc announced that the Romanian government has agreed to cut the tax-related administrative burden, by reducing the number of taxes and tariffs levied in Romania. Boc explained that the country’s Ministries would now put forward proposals for the annulment, reduction or amalgamation of taxes and fees, …

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• 17 March

  Bulgarian Interior Minister: Policemen Protests Went Over Line

  According to Bulgaria’s Minister of Interior, Mihail Mikov, Sunday’s policemen protest in Sofia had gone over the line, BTA reports Tuesday. Mikov said that the Policemen who tore off their uniform shoulder pieces as an act of protest should be removed from law enforcement. This is an insult to every …

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• 17 March

  Bulgaria Opens Job Market to Foreign Experts

  Foreigners will be allowed to work as experts in Bulgaria’s state administration or councilors under new legislative changes, the prime minister said. Sergey Stanishev was speaking at a meeting with the ambassadors of EU member states, who were invited to hear more about the government’s idea to further cooperation between …

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• 17 March

  Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania with Highest Inflation in EU

  Bulgaria is one of three EU member states that registered the highest 12-month inflation averages up to February 2009, the European Union announced Monday. The lowest 12-month averages up to February 2009 were registered in the Netherlands and Portugal (both 2.2%) and Germany (2.4%), and the highest in Latvia (14.1%), …

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• 17 March

  Eviction of Roma Sparks Controversy in Serbia

  Serbia’s Ministry of Labour and Welfare intends to relocate 62 Roma families, that are currently living in an illegal settlement under the Gazela bridge in Belgrade, to the southern Serbian town of Vranje – despite protests from Vranje’s local authorities. The notice from the Ministry to Vranje’s major – which …

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