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Billion euro for new Western Balkans Investment Framework

Billion euro for new Western Balkans Investment Framework

Oct 22 2009 10:02 CET by Clive Leviev-Sawyer

European Commission, international financial institutions and EU member states agree on Western Balkans Investment Framework to fund projects in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia.

EU Presidency optimistic that Klaus will sign Lisbon Treaty

EU Presidency optimistic that Klaus will sign Lisbon Treaty

Oct 22 2009 09:46 CET by Clive Leviev-Sawyer 5 comments

Sweden, current holder of the European Union presidency, is working with Czech authorities on an opt-out on some provisions of the Lisbon Treaty to open the way for president Vaclav Klaus to sign it.

Biden in talks on missiles in Poland

Biden in talks on missiles in Poland

Oct 21 2009 13:33 CET by Clive Leviev-Sawyer 1 comment

US vice president Joe Biden seeks to reassure Warsaw that Washington’s aim of ‘resetting’ relations with Moscow will not weaken the security of Eastern Europe.

Cyprus will be Greece’s foreign policy priority – Papandreou

Cyprus will be Greece’s foreign policy priority – Papandreou

Oct 21 2009 09:29 CET by Clive Leviev-Sawyer 6 comments

A settlement on Cyrpus must precede Turkey advancing in its EU hopes, says Greek prime minister George Papandreou, urging Ankara to withdraw its troops from the divided island.

Medvedev’s deals in Serbia

Medvedev’s deals in Serbia

Oct 21 2009 08:46 CET by Clive Leviev-Sawyer 9 comments

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev’s visit to Serbia saw Moscow agreeing to lend a billion euro; the signing of bilateral agreements on education, science and police collaboration; and on the Serbian section of South Stream and a joint venture for the Banatski Dvor underground gas storage site.

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Karadzic: Richard Harvey Appointed as Defence Attorney

The Registrar's Office of the Hague Tribunal appoints British attorney Richard Harvey as Radovan Karadzic's Defence attorney.

Macedonia’s PM: “Not Preparing Snap Polls”

Macedonian Prime Minister and leader of the centre right VMRO DPMNE party said that a memo he recently sent to his supporters does not mean he is considering early elections.

ICJ Decision on Kosovo to Be Vague

The President of the International Court of Justice, ICJ, Hisashi Owada says that the Court’s advisory opinion on whether Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence went against international law will not be "a clear yes or no".

Bosnia Press Review - November 20

Here are the top stories in Bosnia and Herzegovina's main newspapers. Balkan Insight has not verified the reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.

Albania Remains Balkans Bribe Heaven

Although more than half Albanian nationals admit of having paid a bribe during last year, their believe that their standard of living has improved and identify more readily with current politicians, a new study reveals.  

The Wall: The second edition

It is hard to believe that only twenty years ago many Eastern European countries were cut off from Western countries and...

20 years on

Germany celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall with spectacular celebrations in the capital, and constant rain did...

Antique & Contemporary Exhibition & Fair at the Art

Classic and contemporary masterpieces... Hungarian and international works of art... World-famous artists and young up-and-coming talents... Thought-inspiring, ironic and provocative...

Hungary's Koka urges EU Commission to appoint Nabucco coordinator soon

Budapest, November 19 (MTI) - The European Commission should appoint as soon as possible a European coordinator for the Nabucco gas pipeline...

Murdered German woman's partner found buried in S Hungary

Budapest, November 18 (MTI) - Police have found a second body buried in the town of Mohacs in southern Hungary, identified...

Region: EU Reactions

Mixed reactions to Van Rompuy, Ashton taking EU top jobs

Region: When Freedom Came

Slovakia commemorates the 20th anniversary of the fall of communism

EU Chooses "Safe" President

Belgian safe for Poland, assures Tusk

Poland Speaks out on EU Presidency

Polish leaders push for transparency in decision process

Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine to Form Military Brigade

The agreement was signed in Brussels earlier this week

Estonian hackers face indictment

TALLINN - A number of Estonians that allegedly took part in a major hacking operation late last year. The eight people that were indicted for the heist, which netted more that $9 million and has been described as the most complex hacking operation in history, include 5 people from Estonia. ...

Stag partiers to return to court

RIGA - Two men who were found innocent last month are going to have to return to court to face an appeal. In the high-profile case, the two stag partiers were accused of attacking a police officer. They were found innocent of the crime and were allowed to return to their native Britain, but ...

Lithuania to sell carbon credits

VILNIUS - Lithuania is set to sell off about 50 million tons of carbon credits. Reuters reported on Moday that the credits will come from the country's 2008-2012 quota. Lithuania, which has been allocated 221.3 million tonnes of credit over the period, is allowed to sell off any une...

H1N1 cases skyrocket

RIGA - The number of cases of the AH1N1 influenza virus, also known as swine flu, in Latvia have skyrocketed over the past week, increasing from about 80 last week to more than 380 on Nov. 16. The cities of Daugavpils - where the disease has been declared an epidemic - Rezekne, Gulbene, Jelg...

Moody's praises Estonia in crisis

TALLINN - Moody's Ratings Agency, one of the largest in the world, has praised Estonia's reaction to the financial crisis. Kenneth Orchid, deputy president of the agency, said the country had built up reserves during its growth years that will now allow the country to come out of the...

New EU president gets mixed reviews

Ombudsman attacks pension privileges

PO prepare propaganda of success campaign

Solidarity promises noisy day of action in Warsaw

Poland a 'super state' says HSBC report

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