:News Archive
27. January 2010.
Bankers Petroleum deploys second drilling rig in Albania
07:09 |
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| EMportal
Bankers Petroleum Ltd. ("Bankers"), confirmed that on January 25, 2010 the Crosco drilling rig Skytop 3 (depth capacity 3,000 metres) commenced drilling its first of several horizontal wells planned for the Patos Marinza oil field in Albania.
RS Gov't adopts Law on Referendum
07:25 |
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| Fena, Beta
The drafted law describes how the referendum is carried out, which bodies are in charge of the job, the way of voting and other issues, but it does not contain what could be disputed - the referendum question, i.e. what can or cannot be voted on at a referendum.
Discussion on business activities of Development Bank in FBiH House of Representatives
07:15 
07:16 |
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| Fena
FBiH PA House of Representatives extraordinary session dedicated to business of FBiH Development Bank has started this morning in Sarajevo. Director of this institution Ramiz Dzaferovic and members of management are present at the session.
HR EUSR Inzko : EU must maintain focus on BiH
07:13 |
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| EMportal
Yesterday in Brussels the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko, addressed the Western Balkans Working Group of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the European Parliament.
CGS of 63 countries gather in Brussels for consultations
07:06 |
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| Itar-Tass
The Chiefs of the General Staff (CGS) of 63 countries gather in the Belgian capital for two-day consultations that begin on Tuesday within the scope of an annual session of the NATO Military Committee.
Fitch, ECB sound alarm on European national debts
06:43 06:44 |
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| EUbusiness.com
The Fitch credit rating agency and the European Central Bank issued strong warnings on Tuesday about the weight of European government debt threatening financial markets and economic recovery this year.
Croatia: Average family cost of living 905 EUR in December
07:01 |
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| EMportal
The minimum cost of living for a family of four in Croatia reached around 905 euros in December.
Bulgarian companies declared BGN 1.0 mln-plus losses from Greek farmer border blockade
06:58 |
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| BTA
Bulgarian companies have filed applications declaring losses of over 1.0 million leva, accumulated by the blocking of the border by Greek farmers since the beginning of the protests, the Agriculture and Food Ministry said Monday, quoting the special task force for assessment of
Croatia: Center for European Integration inaugurated
07:02 |
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| Hina
The Centre for European Integration, an umbrella nongovernmental organisation of 22 associations from across Croatia dealing with the protection of human rights, development of civil society and preservation of the identity and cultural tradition of peoples, was opened in Zagreb
Election campaign gets underway in Ukraine ahead of presidential run-off vote
06:56 |
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| Ukrinform
An election campaign began in Ukraine on Tuesday ahead of the second round of Ukraine's presidential election.
Fitch preserves AA credit rating for Slovenia
06:49 |
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| STA
International credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed Slovenia's issuer default ratings at "AA" with a stable outlook, the Finance Ministry said on Monday. Fitch also confirmed for 2010 the short-term foreign currency rating at "F1+".
Romania: 31 people die because of frost
06:48 |
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| Agerpres
In all 31 people died of severe hypothermia over January 20-26,
Transgaz orders stopping natural gas consumption for five big consumers
06:54 |
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| Agerpres
Transgaz ordered stopping natural gas consumption for five big consumers because of the low temperatures in the past few days, the Transgaz representatives told a news conference on Tuesday.
Macedonian fruit, vegetable processing companies in Czech Republic
06:52 06:53 |
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| MIA
Dozen Macedonian companies for fruit and vegetable processing pay January 26-28 a visit to the Czech Republic, aiming to find business partners for export of their products, MIA reports from Prague.
Woman in Romania slightly paralyzed after getting flu vaccine
06:45 |
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| MIA
A 30-years-old woman of Arad came to the hospital with slight paralysis of the legs after being vaccinated with Cantgrip against A/H1N1.
Greece: Farmers continue blockades
07:40 |
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| ANA
Farmers still keep blocks along the Athens-Thessaloniki highway such as Castro, Alamana, Ritsona ,Nikaia, Platikambos and Tyrnavo while snow is falling in many side roads blocked by farmers making it even more difficult for motorists.
Int'l conference on organised crime kicks off in Greece
08:00 |
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| EMportal
The meeting is being held within the framework of efforts to combat organised crime and in particular to effectively confront illegal migration via sea routes.
"Warm" Papandreou response to Erdogan
08:05 |
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| ANA
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou's response to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was delivered on Monday in Ankara by Greece's ambassador to the neighbouring country.
40th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting opens in Davos
14:16 15:01 |
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| EMportal
2,500 leaders from business, government and civil society are in Davos for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. The theme is a call to action for decision-makers to use the opportunity of the five-day Meeting to "Improve the State of the World: Rethink, Redesign, Rebuild".
Countries in region celebrate St. Sava's Day
15:01 15:08 |
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| Tanjug
The day of spirituality and the holiday of Serbian illuminator and first Archbishop, Saint Sava, will be celebrated not only in Serbia, but also in Serbian communities in the region, and the members of a newly-formed Council for the Relations with Serbs in the Region will participate
