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- EC approves scholarship programme for Vietnamese students
approves scholarship programme for students - EC approves scholarship programme for students WELCOME TO VOV Search NEWS Overseas :: Updated : 3:37 PM, 07/04/2009 EC approves scholarship programme for students The European Commission has approved two
- Datalogic?s Globalization Continues In Asia!
Bologna - Following Europe and the United States of America, the globalization of Datalogic continues in Asia. The company from Bologna, a leading producer of barcode readers, data collection mobile computers, RFID systems, photoelectric sensors for the
- Election Irregularities Threaten Bulgarian PACE Accreditation
Bulgaria?s accreditation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) may be cancelled if the organization?s mission in Sofia comes across major irregularities during the Sunday parliamentary elections, BTA reports Saturday. The
- Romania gets European loan for new metro line
BUCHAREST (AFP) - Romania will get a 370-million-euro (517-million-dollar) loan from the European Investment Bank to build a new metro line in Bucharest, Transport Minister Radu Berceanu said Saturday. 'We hope that the financing for all the work will
- Bulgaria to Vote After Corruption Scandals
The people of Bulgaria elect a new parliament Sunday that will have to tackle an economic crisis and widespread corruption, which has cost the Balkan country millions of dollars in crucial European Union aid. Opinion polls suggest a defeat for the ruling
- Trans-Saharan Pipeline To Bring Gas To Europe
(RTTNews) - Three African countries on Friday signed an agreement to build a 10-billion-dollar trans-Saharan pipeline linking vast natural gas reserves in Nigeria to Europe. Algerian energy minister Chakib Khelil, his Niger counterpart Mohammed
- Niger Delta Militants Threaten Trans-Saharan Pipeline
The main rebel group in Nigeria's restive, oil producing Niger Delta region has made threats against a planned multi-billion-dollar pipeline project that would deliver natural gas from Nigeria to Europe. In an email message sent to reporters Saturday,
- Madagascar's Rajoelina seeks backing on EU trip
Madagascar's army-backed leader Andry Rajoelina left Saturday for Brussels to impress upon the European Union, which has suspended aid, that his transitional government is legal, officials said. 'The delegation led by the president left today for
- The return of religion to Europe
BUDAPEST ? It's a well-worn contrast: the United States is religious, Europe is secular. Yet, in some respects, this cliched opposition has actually been reversed recently: Religion played virtually no role during the last American presidential
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- In love with wondrous Warsaw
If I was asked about my favourite holiday spot a couple of years ago I would have said London or New York, I am a complete big city boy. I used to like the buzz when Iâ??d be travelling, but now these two cities have become more like a working space
- Polish shipyard sale pending:Qatari investment ban ...
The Himalayan Times - Saved Articles(s) The headlines has been added to your saved article(s) To View your saved article(s)please Click Here » AFP DOHA: Qatar's largest investment bank denied on Saturday that it had bought two Polish shipyards,
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- Forman pays tribute to Czech film resilience under communism
Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic - Veteran Czech-born film director Milos Forman said Saturday he believes that filmmaking in his nation has emerged in a good shape from the tough post-communist era. Speaking at a press conference marking the world premiere
- Iran, Brazil to hold Futsal Grand Prix final
Iran defeated Czech Republic at the Goiania Arena on Saturday and qualified for the final game of the 5th edition of Futsal Grand Prix. Iran was held to a 4-4 draw against Czech Republic but defeated its rival 4-1 in a penalty shootout and advanced to
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- Orthodox leader sees progress on Estonian dispute
ISTANBUL, Jul 4 (Reuters) The spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians said today progress had been made in talks with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church on their dispute over the Estonian Church. The two patriarchs put on a united front
- Attack on U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan kills two soldiers
Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan, and Istanbul, Turkey -- Insurgents armed with rockets, mortars and a truck bomb staged an unusual frontal attack on a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan today, killing two American soldiers and forcing the defenders to
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- A leader of Hungary's 1956 revolution dies
BUDAPEST, Hungary --Bela Kiraly, one of the military leaders of Hungary's short-lived anti-Soviet revolution in 1956, has died, the government said. He was 97. A brief defense ministry statement provided no other details, including the cause of death or
- The return of religion to Europe
BUDAPEST ? It's a well-worn contrast: the United States is religious, Europe is secular. Yet, in some respects, this cliched opposition has actually been reversed recently: Religion played virtually no role during the last American presidential
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- Hungary, Slovenia eye gas, power grid links
BUDAPEST: Hungary and Slovenia are examining the possibility of linking their gas and electricity networks to enhance the safety of supply, their prime ministers said yesterday. Hungary, which gets 80 percent of its gas from Russia, supplied Bosnia,
- US, NATO losing in Afghanistan, Ashdown says
LONDON: A top British diplomat says that all foreign troops are losing in Afghanistan because their leaders do not know how to handle the war. 'We're losing,' Paddy Ashdown, the former British representative for Bosnia, said on Tuesday. He also added the
- Hungary, Slovenia consider gas and power grid links
Hungary, which gets 80% of its gas from Russia, supplied Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia with natural gas in January through oil and gas company MOL during the Ukraine gas transit crisis, when millions in east Europe were left freezing. Hungarian Prime
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- Orthodox leader sees progress on Estonian dispute
ISTANBUL, Jul 4 (Reuters) The spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians said today progress had been made in talks with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church on their dispute over the Estonian Church. The two patriarchs put on a united front
- Finland ends Estonia's reign in wife-carrying
Finland put an end to Estonia's 11-year reign and took gold and bronze on Saturday at the annual Wife-Carrying World Championships held in Sonkajaervi, central Finland, organisers said. Taisto Miettinen raced through a 250-metre (273-yard) course with
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- Belarus marks anniversary of liberation from Nazi
MINSK: Belarus yesterday marked the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Minsk from Nazi forces with a Soviet-style military parade and a rousing speech by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. Some 160 tanks, armoured vehicles and artillery
- Belarus: urgent need for moratorium on executions
) 'The passing of another death sentence in Belarus shows the urgent need for a moratorium on executions' according to PACE President Strasbourg, 02.07.2009 - The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Llus Maria de
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