October 21, 2009 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News
Albanian Parliament postponed the ratification of the Albanian-Greek Maritime Border Agreement after the opposition parties lodged an initiative for reviewing of the document at the Constitutional Court.
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October 21, 2009 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
The negotiations among the Bosnia-Herzegovina’s political leaders under joint mediation of the US diplomats and EU representatives have been put on halt Tuesday. After Tuesday’s talks, the Prime Minister of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, said that they produced no significant results. “For us, the proposed package of measures is unacceptable …
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October 21, 2009 Eurasia News, Romania News
Friendship and cooperation have always been the central theme of China-Romania relations in the past six decades, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping said in Bucharest on Tuesday. Addressing a seminar marking the 60th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties, Xi said Romania was among the first few countries to set up …
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October 21, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Bulgaria is eager to further boost co-operation with Greece in investment, infrastructure and energy projects, Foreign Minister Roumyana Zheleva said in an October 20 2009 meeting with leaders of the Hellenic Business Council in Bulgaria (HBCB). The meeting discussed a range of opportunities to build on the traditionally good relations …
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October 21, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev came to Belgrade today to honour Serbia’s Second World War past, but also to lay some foundation stones for the future. In the first-ever Russian presidential visit he brought an entourage of 100 advisors with him to discuss a wide range of financial and economic issues. …
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October 21, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Montenegro
Ministries of Montenegro and France undersigned a cooperation agreement for bilateral cooperation in the field of labor and social polity until 2011. The main projects of the two governments would be focused on improvement of healthcare and security at work as well as social dialog.
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October 20, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
A long-awaited Report of the European Commission demonstrates that Bulgaria has failed to absorb a huge percent of the EU funding it has been eligible for. The Report, which reviews the absorption of EU Funds in Bulgaria and Romania from their EU accession in January 2007 until July 31, 2009, …
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October 20, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
Russian Emergency Situations Minister Sergey Shoigu says that cooperation between Serbia and Russia has made progress, but still has room for improvement. Shoigu and Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dačić headed a meeting of an inter-governmental Serbo-Russian committee for trade, economic and scientific cooperation. After signing a protocol on cooperation, Shoigu …
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October 20, 2009 Eurasia News
Prime Minister said the development partners are willing to provide financial assistance, but stressed that it is not right to count only on foreign financing. Prime Minister Vlad Filat approved of the discussions carried out during the joint meeting of the government and development partners held Monday. The meeting was …
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October 20, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Serbia
The 65th anniversary of the liberation of Belgrade will be marked today with a series of events and in the presence of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The highest state and military honors will be given at the Liberators’ Cemetery in Belgrade, while wreaths will be laid to mark the anniversary …
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