:News Archive
01. February 2010.
Istanbul sees meteoric rise as int’l convention destination
13:19 |
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| EMportal
İstanbul’s status as a global meetings and events destination has seen a stellar rise in the past decade, with convention visitor numbers increasing more than eightfold and new infrastructure projects boosting the city’s conference capacity to more than 30,000 delegates.
Serbian group to take part in Port of Bar bid
13:35 |
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| EMportal, ANSAmed
Mrkonjic told Podgorica daily Vijesti that all documentation was gathered and that the consortium will be headed by the company owned by Serbian businessman Miodrag Kostic, adding that Sartid from Smederevo and Victoria Group will also participate.
Rebuilding the global economy on a principled foundation
07:39 |
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| EMportal
At the 40th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2010, participants found that the global recovery is fragile, and now is the moment to rethink values as the world rebuilds prosperity
Alfredo Mantica to visit Kosmet and BiH
06:45 |
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| ANSAmed
Foreign Undersecretary Alfredo Mantica will be on a mission to the Balkans from February 1-4, a region that "has always been at the centre of Italian diplomatic activity," announced the head of the Foreign Ministry press office, Maurizio Massari.
RS NA to discuss Draft Law on Referendum on February 9
06:47 |
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| Fena
RS NA extraordinary session at which Draft of the Law on referendum and civic initiative will be discussed by urgent procedure will be held on February 9th in Banja Luka
Bulgaria: Center for Economic Development expects 5% GDP drop for 2009
06:52 |
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| BTA
The Center for Economic Development (CED) expects the decline of Bulgaria's gross domestic product to decelerate to some 5 per cent in the last quarter of 2009. The GDP drop for the full year 2009 is also expected at 5 per cent, according to a CED report released on Friday.
Conference on role of women in politics held in Zagreb
06:54 |
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| Hina
Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor opened a conference on the role of women in politics in Zagreb on Friday.
The functioning of democratic institutions in Albania
06:56 |
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| EMportal
The CoE PACE urged the Albanian government and the opposition “to put an end to the current political crisis in the country and assume their responsibilities in order to proceed with the vitally needed reforms”.
December 2009 Euro area unemployment rate up to 10.0% EU27 up to 9.6%
07:01 |
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| EMportal
The EU27 1 unemployment rate was 9.6% in December 2009, compared with 9.5% in November 4 . It was 7.6% in December 2008. For the euro area this is the highest rate since August 1998 and for the EU27 since the start of the series in January 2000.
Euro economic confidence holds up in January
07:04 |
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| EMportal
The European Commission's economic sentiment indicator rose by 2.1 points to 97.1 points across the 27-nation European Union, and hit 95.7 points (up 1.6 points) in the 16 countries that share the euro currency.
The lack of a census in 2011 would be unfortunate for BiH's European perspective
07:20 |
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| EMportal
“The European Commission deeply regrets that the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina did not adopt the Law on the Census of Population, Households and Dwellings. The law elaborated by the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina together with the European Commission’s
Greek consumers still reluctant on e-commerce transactions
07:23 |
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| ANA
Greek consumers remained reluctant in making purchases through the Internet for personal use, with the percentage of Internet users making e-commerce transactions accounting for only 16.2 pct of total users in the first quarter of 2009.
Greek Language Certification exams in May
07:25 |
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| EMportal
Registration for the exams will be from February 1 to March 22, and candidates must submit the required documentation to the examination center they wish to take the test in.
Greece has a two-month deadline to respond to EC notice on retirement age
07:26 |
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| EMportal
The European Commission on Thursday sent a letter of formal notice to Greece calling it to comply with European Court ruling concerning equality of retirement age between men-women.
Crucial week for Greek economy
07:29 |
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| ANA
The week beginning on Monday will be crucial for the Greek economy, as the EU College of Commissioners (European Commission plenary) is due to release its recommendation on the new Greek Stability and Development program on Wednesday.
