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- 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
- Bulgarian Police Stop Euro Forging Ring
Police uncovered three facilities in the Plovdiv area where the suspects were forging high-quality banknotes in denominations of 100, 200 and 500 euros Published on July 03, 2009 by OfficialWire NewsDesk (OfficialWire) SOFIA, BULGARIA Bulgarian police
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- Polish shipyard sale still pending: Qatari investment bank
Qatar's largest investment bank denied on Saturday that it had bought two Polish shipyards, explaining that it was acting as an advisor to a potential buyer in a deal that has still not been completed. On Tuesday, Polish Treasury Minister Aleksander Grad
- Poland looking to be hub for Gulf investors
AFP /Warsaw Polish Prime Minister Donald has hailed a 20-year liquefied natural gas deal between Poland?s national gas firm PGNiG and QatarGas as an indication for Gulf investors? sustained interest in PolandAfter striking a long-term gas supply deal
- Breathtaking tall ships event launches in Poland
WARSAW (AFP) ? The world's most breathtaking tall ships arrived with sails billowing in the Polish Baltic Sea port of Gdynia on Thursday, ahead of the launch of the month-long Tall Ships Races 2009. 'These are the largest and most beautiful sailing
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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
- Czech left backs higher spending in vote platform
PRAGUE, July 4 (Reuters) - The Czech Social Democrats will fight the economic crisis by boosting infrastructure and social spending if they take power after an October parliamentary election, the party said on Saturday. At a pre-election congress, the
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- 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
- Seven dead in bus crash in Bulgaria
g SOFIA -- Seven Turkish nationals, including one child, have died in an accident in south Bulgaria, when the minibus they were traveling in collided with a Serbian bus. The accident occurred at 06:15 local time on the E-80 road, near to the village of
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- 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
- Hungarian police and outlawed far-right group clash - Summary
Budapest - Police moved in on Saturday evening to disperse a demonstration in central Budapest by the Hungarian Guard, a nationalist paramilitary group allied to the radical Jobbik party. On one city square, police responded with tear gas when some Guard
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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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- EBRD To Provide $134.5m To Ukrainian Bank
The loan is expected restore confidence of the international investors in Ukraine and its banks Suppliers to this Sector Agnitio is a privately owned company with venture ... Cryptomathic is one of the world's leading provide ... Welcome to the region
- Ukrainian PM meets visiting Chinese politburo member
[Xinhua: 'Ukrainian Pm Meets Senior Chinese Official on Bilateral Ties'] KIEV, July 3 (Xinhua) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Thursday met and discussed bilateral ties with Wang Gang, member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central
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- 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
- PREVIEW-Estonia June CPI seen -1.0 pct y/y, Latvia +3.4 pct
TALLINN, July 3 (Reuters) - Inflationary growth in Latvia is expected to have slowed to 3.4 percent year-on-year in June from 4.7 percent in May, the median forecast in a Reuters survey of five analysts showed on Friday. The rate of deflation in Estonia
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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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