March 11, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Young Bosnian linguists are promoting studying of the Bosnian language, while Republika Srpska says Bosnian is only a variant of Croatian. An association of young linguists and translators in Bosnia-Herzegovina several months ago created a web site ‘bosanski.ba’, but lately they are being attacked by linguists from the Bosnian Serb …
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March 11, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Bulgarian Finance Minister, Plamen Oresharski, has stated that fast-track entry into the euro zone is not Bulgaria’s first priority, after coming out of a meeting of the EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) in Brussels late Tuesday. “It (euro membership) is not our first priority – our first priority …
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March 11, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Danish prime minister, appears set to become the new Secretary-General of NАТО, following a private agreement by the leaders of Britain, France and Germany to back his candidacy. In a move that would place Mr Rasmussen at the centre of the west’s drive to win the …
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March 11, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Madrid, – Serbian President Boris Tadic said in Madrid today that he wants to open a fresh page in relations between Serbia and the United States, adding that he was sure that he would soon be meeting with the new US president. “I am sure that I will soon be …
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March 11, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
The president of Maldives, Muhamed Nashid, has ordered police to investigate allegations that government officials accepted a $2 million bribe to recognise Kosovo as independent, media in the Maldives and Serbia reported. The allegations were made at the beginning of March by the opposition Islamic Democratic Party.
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March 11, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Spanish prime minister Jose Luis Zapatero has reaffirmed that Spain will not recognise Kosovo as independent, newspapers in Kosovo and Serbia reported on March 10 2009. “Spain’s position on the unilateral declaration of Kosovo’s independence is known – it is non-recognition,” Zapatero was quoted as saying by Kosovo daily Koha …
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March 11, 2009 Balkans, Macedonia
Two years after the European Union’s last enlargement brought Bulgaria and Romania into the European bloc in 2007, the EU’s appeal in the immediate neighbourhood seems to be on the wane. Applicant and potential applicant countries, always the most enthusiastic supporters of EU integration, are becoming less so as domestic …
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March 11, 2009 Albania, Balkan News
Climate change is already occurring and early action to manage the risks that changing climate trends pose to existing energy infrastructure in Albania may reduce vulnerability and increase the resilience of the sector as it moves forward, according to the World Bank. In the coming decades, Albania is facing the …
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March 11, 2009 Balkan News, Croatia
Croatia’s state-owned gas operator, Plinacro, has said it will invest heavily in 2009 to broaden its network and storage facilities. A four-year investment cycle is envisaged with 190 million euros being secured through the European Investment Bank.
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March 11, 2009 Eurasia News
KIEV, March 11 – Ukraine has asked Russia for a $5 billion loan to pay for natural gas deliveries, Ukraine’s acting finance minister said on Wednesday. “This loan will be used to buy gas,” Ihor Umanskiy said. He added that Ukraine was looking at options to borrow from other sources, …
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