March 23, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
ATHENS, Greece — Greece and Albania have reached an agreement on the delimitation of their maritime space and continental shelf in the Ionian Sea, Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis said on Friday (March 20th). The two countries have successfully concluded negotiations and will soon sign the agreement, expected to help …
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March 23, 2009 Balkan News, Serbia
A Chicago-based Serb group said Monday it is offering a $100,000 reward for anyone who can locate the grave of a World War II guerrilla leader executed as a traitor by the Communists. The burial site of Dragoljub Draza Mihailovic has been unknown since his execution in 1946 by the …
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March 23, 2009 Eurasia News
MOSCOW – Concerns over Russian-backed natural gas pipelines to Europe will not hurt construction because of Moscow’s commitment to the energy sector, officials said. Expanding the natural gas transit system in Europe received renewed focus following a disruptive gas row between Kiev and Moscow that left European customers without 20 …
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March 23, 2009 Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
Relations between Georgia and Azerbaijan are strengthening year by year, Georgian parliament speaker David Bakradze said. “Our interests are interdependent. Azerbaijan is a country with which Georgia will develop strategic and friendly relations,” he said, Novosti Azerbaijan reported.
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March 23, 2009 Eurasia News, Kavkaz News
Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili said the Turkish-proposed Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform has acquired no “clear shape” yet and consultations were on their “very early stage.” “We always welcome multilateral mechanisms,” Saakashvili said while speaking at a news conference on a sideline of a high-profile Brussels Forum late on March …
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March 23, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Romania
Vienna. Austrian banks with branches in Romania are stable, said Romanian President Traian Basescu during his visit to Austria. He added that Austria had invested more than EUR 12 billion in Romania. Austrian President Heinz Fischer said the bilateral relations were excellent and his country was well presented in Romania …
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March 23, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Romania
BUCHAREST -The International Monetary Fund finalized a report on a possible loan to help Romania weather the economic crisis and talks are planned to seek a deal, the country’s president said Friday. “The IMF report was finalized yesterday,” President Traian Basescu said after a European Union summit in Brussels, according …
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March 23, 2009 Balkan News, Romania
Bucharest. Romania does not face economic difficulties at the moment. The country had reached all the aims proposed by Brussels. This is what Romanian President Traian Băsescu said.
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March 23, 2009 Balkan News, Romania
BUCHAREST, Romania — The Romanian Transportation Ministry said Friday that it plans to cut the number of railway employees by 12,000. The plan was sent to the unions who rejected it and threatened protests. Union leader Gheorghe Popa said the ministry did not include social protection measures for those who …
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March 23, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Bulgaria has initiated talks with Russia for a EUR3.8 billion for the construction of its second NPP in Belene, Economy and Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov said Monday. Dimitrov who was on an official visit to Moscow last week told the Bulgarian National radio that the decision to seek Russian funding …
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