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"Rompuy, Ashton appointments not bad news"

European Movement's Tanja Miščević said she was surprised by the election of Herman Van Rompuy ad Catherine Ashton, but that this is "not bad news for Serbia". “Now we have a very good chance to speak to the people who don’t know us. According to my information neither the former Belgian Prime Minister Van Rompuy nor Ashton, who was in charge of foreign trade in Great Britain, have had much contact with us,” she said.

Protest costs Serbian Railways RSD 30mn

Serbian Railways (ŽS) has announced that it lost RSD 30mn (some EUR 320,000) due to a three-day blockade of the Belgrade-Niš railroad near Lapovo. The public company stated that direct damages amounted to some RSD 20mn, of which 2.5mn from commercial and the rest from freight traffic disruption, while indirect costs reached 10mn.

Parliament debates draft on state administration

Parliament is today discussing amendments submitted to a draft law set to determine the maximum number of employees in the state and local administrations. Opposition MPs announced that they would not support the proposed laws because they see them as leading not lead to significant savings, but rather as creating more unemployment, and believe that Serbia would get a "partisan administration".

New arrest in Frenchman murder case

Serbian police (MUP) in Belgrade arrested another person suspected of participating in the murder of French citizen Brice Taton in Belgrade. Criminal charge have been brought against the man, identified as Dejan S.m and he has been brought to the Belgrade District Court investigative judge, a MUP statement said in Belgrade this Friday.

Russia gives Ukraine new gas deal

Russia has agreed to ease the terms under which it supplies gas to Ukraine, in a deal which Moscow says should prevent disruption in coming months. The deal was announced after talks between Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Yulia Tymoshenko.

Closed shops set to open

Greece's highest administrative court, the Council of State, issued rulings yesterday which could be the first step toward ending the closed-shop status of a number of occupations in Greece, which are estimated to cost the economy some 4 billion euros eve... ...

European Union’s presidency...

Prime Minister George Papandreou (left) speaks with his counterpart Fredrik Reinfeldt of Sweden, which currently holds the European Union's rotating presidency. The two men were speaking ahead of an EU leaders' summit in Brussels to decide who would be th... ...

As flu cases rise, calls for schools to shut

As it emerged that the number of people testing positive for swine flu had shot up this week, a national committee set up to coordinate the response to the spread of the H1N1 virus yesterday proposed that schools with more than a handful of suspect cases ... ...

TEE draws up road safety map

Creating a separate highways agency, obliging people to resit their driving tests every five years and building more roundabouts are among the measures that could halve the number of fatal crashes on Greek roads, according to the Technical Chamber of Gree... ...

Youth laid back on AIDS

Six in 10 young people do not systematically practice safe sex and nearly one in two has a patchy knowledge of how the HIV virus that causes AIDS is transmitted, two new studies have shown. The studies, which come as doctors reported a 20 percent increase... ...

Ukraine pharmaceuticals and healthcare report

The Ukraine Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, pharmaceutical associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on Ukraine's pharmaceuticals and healthcare industry.

The Gazette: HIV/AIDS prevention program to be developed in Ukraine

Winnipeg's International Centre for Infections Diseases is helping to develop a model HIV/AIDS prevention program in Ukraine, which has one of the world's fastest growing epidemics of the disease.

BRAMA News: The President and prizes for activists

In a letter in the Kyiv Post last year, the writer pointedly mentioned that no Ukrainian had ever received the Nobel prize. A few years ago, Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko was nominated for the Nobel Prize for peace. It did not fly, as it became apparent that peace-making was not one of his strong points.

Jamestown Foundation: The shifting strategic priorities of the Russian navy

Over the last two decades, the oceanic navy that Russia inherited from the Soviet Union has declined in size and quality. There were repeated calls from naval officers over the last decade for new construction and a revival of the navy.

Western Information Agency: Lytvyn wants Russia Black Sea Fleet to remain in Crimea after 2017

Verkhovna Rada Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn opts for letting Russia BSF stay in Crimea after its lease of Sevastopol expires, the speaker said in his interview with Fakty on Oct. 21,leading some experts to observe that the speaker is flirting with Russia.

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...

Caucasus solution called at G-8 meet

L’ACQUILA, Italy - The United States, France and Russia called Friday for the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to settle their long-running dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Abbas backs Greek stand on Cyprus issue

NICOSIA - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas voiced support to the Greek theses on Cyprus issue during his visit Greek Cyprus, local media reported. A day after Abbas’ remarks, Turkey’s Parliament Speaker Köksal Toptan said on Friday he wanted to believe Palestinian leaders’ comments stemmed from a misunderstanding.

More Brits prefer Turkey for holiday

ANTALYA - Brits increasingly prefer Turkey as a vacation destination over other European countries, a tourism sector expert has said.

Scientists unearth ancient silo in Myra

ANTALYA - Excavation work on the port of the ancient city of Myra has started under the chairmanship of Proffessor Nevzat Çevik of Akdeniz University.

Party member asks PM to grant DTP a meeting

HAKKARİ - The Hakkari deputy of the Justice and Development Party, Rüstem Zeydan, asks Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to grant members of the Democratic Society Party, or DTP, an audience. Meanwhile DTP mayors have also requested a meeting with President Abdullah Gül to discuss proposals for a possible solution to the Kurdish problem

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