January, 2007

• 28 January

  Ahtisaari presents Kosovo plan to Contact Group

  VIENNA, Austria — UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari was back in Vienna on Friday (January 26th) to brief the members of the International Contact Group on his plan for the future of Kosovo.

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• 28 January

  Serbia’s election commission announces final results of parliamentary vote

  BELGRADE, Serbia — The Republic Election Commission (RIK) presented on Thursday (January 25th) the final results of the Sunday’s parliamentary elections. There were few surprises.

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• 28 January

  EU energy commissioner opposes further talks on reopening Bulgarian nuclear reactors

  BRUSSELS, Belgium — EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs implied on Thursday (January 25th) that Bulgaria should not try to reopen discussions on reactors 3 and 4 of the Kozloduy nuclear plant.

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• 28 January

  Envoys urge Macedonian government, ethnic Albanian opposition to continue dialogue

  SKOPJE, Macedonia — EU envoy to Macedonia Erwan Fouere and British Ambassador Robert Chatterton Dickson issued separate statements Thursday (January 25th)

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• 28 January

  FBiH House of Peoples holds constituent session

  SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) — The Federation of BiH (FBiH) Parliament’s House of Peoples (HoP) finally held its constituent session Thursday (January 25th)

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• 28 January

  Croatia offers Turkey use of Rijeka port for exports

  ANKARA, Turkey — Industry and Trade Minister Ali Coskun met with Croatian Economy Minister Branko Vukelic in Ankara on Thursday (January 25th)

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• 28 January

  PACE decides to continue its monitoring of Albania

  STRASBOURG, France — The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a report on Albania Thursday (January 25th).

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• 28 January

  Turkey, Greece vow to assist Lebanon’s reconstruction

  PARIS, France — Turkey and Greece were among the countries that pledged to assist Lebanon’s reconstruction, during an international donor conference in Paris on Thursday (January 25th).

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• 28 January

  Turkish prosecutors charge five suspects with journalist’s murder

  ANKARA, Turkey — Prosecutors have charged five people in connection with the murder last week of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. The suspects include the confessed triggerman Ogun Samast, 17.

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• 28 January

  Chinese workers in Romania go on strike

  BUCHAREST, Romania — Some 400 Chinese women working in a textile factory in the northern Romanian town of Bacau have called a strike to protest wages and living conditions.

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