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Energy Efficiency Gets a Boost in Kosovo

The German Bank for Development is to provide the Procredit Bank in Kosovo with a loan to finance new energy efficiency schemes for the wider population in Kosovo. ″We are sure that this support will contribute to a sustainable utilisation of energy in Kosovo,″ said the vice head of Entwicklungsbank …

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Russian President To Declare Income, Property

Medvedev will be the first Russian president to make his full property declaration public. President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday promised to fully declare his family’s income and property holdings as part of his latest anti-corruption drive, a Kremlin spokeswoman said. Medvedev, who made fighting graft a campaign pledge when running …

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Russia Suspicious of EU-Ukraine Gas `Master Plan`

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called the plan `unprofessional` and threatened to review ties if the EU continued to ignore Russian concerns. Europe on Monday welcomed a Ukrainian “master plan” to modernise the infrastructure carrying Russian gas to the west but Moscow warned that European Union energy security was at risk …

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Turkey Arrests Colonel Linked To Mass Graves

Police across Turkey have arrested dozens of suspects in the Ergenekon probe over the past year. A Turkish colonel was arrested on Monday in connection with an investigation into alleged extrajudicial killings a decade ago in the mainly Kurdish southeast, Turkish media said. Authorities this month began excavating suspected mass …

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Slovakia`s President Wins First Electoral Ballot

The second election round, in which the candidate with most votes becomes the president, is scheduled for April 4. Slovakia’s President Ivan Gasparovic won the first round of a presidential election, results showed on Sunday, and he faces the strongest opposition candidate in a runoff vote in two weeks. Saturday’s …

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