Kathimerini, Greece: Putin’s Balkan agenda
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“Putin’s Balkan agenda” is the title of the article published in the Kathimerini and dealing with the Russian president’s visit to Bulgaria. ...
Putin’s visit strengthened Bulgaria’s position of Balkan energy centre BIG AND BRASSY IN THE BALKANS Sunday Herald, UK - Alongside Memphis and New Orleans, musical tourists now travel to this isolated outpost, home to Fanfare Ciocarlia - the world's leading Balkan brass band ... |
Ultranationalist wins Serbian election Radio Netherlands, Netherlands - The vote is seen as crucial for the Balkan state's future. Both candidates oppose independence for Kosovo but Mr Nikolic favours closer ties with Russia and ... Record turnout in Serbia poll Serbia to go east or west? Key poll brings Serbia to crossroads again |
 Javno.hr | Ahead of vote, EU offers Serbs visa-free prospect Reuters Canada, Canada - The EU signed agreements with five Western Balkan nations in September, making it easier and cheaper for citizens from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, ... Serbs offered EU-visa perk |
Balkan Travellers Head to Latin America and Asia Balkan Travellers, Bulgaria - 18 January | Travellers from the Balkans are headed more and more towards faraway, transoceanic destinations. In the last two years, this trend is growing ... |
Bulgaria becomes basic Balkan energy centre: FM Focus News, Bulgaria - Sofia. At the visit of Russian President Putin and his delegation the maximum was achieved from the point of view of Bulgaria, Bulgarian FM Ivaylo Kalfin ... |
Balkan oil pipeline project gets head start RosBusinessConsulting, Russia - RBC, 18.01.2008, Sofia 15:20:51.Russia, Bulgaria, and Greece have signed a trilateral agreement to establish an international special-purpose entity (SPE) ... |
Newcomer at the helm Sofia Echo, Bulgaria - The idea underlying the Thessaloniki Agenda 2003, which envisaged an EU future for the Western Balkan states, could not have had a better conduit than a ... |
Meandering Road All About Jazz, PA - Doykin kicks off the proceedings on his Balkan/jazz composition “The Way Back,” with a complex but enticing melody line, wondrously counterbalanced by guest ... |
Oneworld, Netherlands -
Balkan Sunflowers will begin a large and comprehensive project expansion in its community-based education activities: the Learning Centre Network. ...
EuropeGeo TV channel is back as Musharraf leaves for Europe Hindu, India - ISLAMABAD: Hours before leaving a turbulent Pakistan on an eight-day tour of Europe that could see him face tough questions on his credibility, ... Pakistan president begins Europe tour amid chaos at home Musharraf leaves on Europe tour Musharraf vows to improve Pakistan's image in Europe visit |
 Aljazeera.net | Serbia on a knife edge over Europe vote Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - "Serbia should become a Russian province rather than a European Union colony," Mr Nikolic declared last month. This weekend, Serbia is on a knife edge, ... Serbia's Tadic confirms his pro-Europe pledge Hardliner heads Serbian presidential polls: estimates Serbia elects president |
 RTE.ie | Jockey poser for Europe The Press Association - Henry De Bromhead is on the lookout for a jockey to ride Sizing Europe in the AIG Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown next weekend. Denis O'Regan struck up a ... Ground key to Oscar bid Etoile set for hurdling return Lounaos chasing big AIG run |
 New Statesman | GLOBAL ECONOMY WEEKAHEAD-Europe, Asia caught in US downdraft Guardian Unlimited, UK - By Emily Kaiser WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - As the world comes to grips with the possibility of a US recession, European and Asian officials are holding ... The worst is over ... Was Northern Rock the worst of it? |
Europe's largest Pathe pans camera to India Economic Times, India - NEW DELHI: Europe’s largest film studio and one of the oldest in the world, Pathe, is looking at striking co-production deals with Indian production houses. ... |
 Goal.com | Aston Villa O’Neill: Squad Is Too Thin For Europe Goal.com, Switzerland - O’Neill: Squad Is Too Thin For Europe Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill has admitted that his squad is thin on the ground and would be unable to cope with ... |
Crean to visit Japan, Europe and US The Age, Australia - Trade minister Simon Crean leaves on Sunday on a 12 day visit to Japan, Europe and the United States in an effort to secure a successful outcome for the ... |
RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Czech Republic - Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is due to start a four-nation tour of Europe on Sunday, during which he is expected to seek to bolster his credibility ... |
Priceline looks promising in Europe, Asia Chicago Tribune, United States - "The people who have a negative view of Priceline are overly focused on the North American business and are ignoring the huge opportunities in Europe and in ... Rising airfares send bargain hunters on online search  PCLN |
 AFP | Iran, Pakistan to be at the heart of Rice's Europe trip AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice begins in Berlin on Tuesday a new tour of Europe expected to focus on the nuclear standoff with ... |
 BBC Bulgaria | Gaza plunged into darkness as Israel blocks fuel USA Today - GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Gaza's only electrical plant shut down Sunday after Israel blocked the shipment of fuel that powers them, plunging Gaza City into darkness and sending already beleaguered Gazans to stock up on food and batteries in ... Israeli missile strike kills one in Gaza-medics Gaza economy crushed by embargo |
Aljazeera.net | Kosovo Serbs vote under threat of secession Reuters - By Matt Robinson BANJSKA, Serbia, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The plum brandy flowed freely at polling station No. 9 in Banjska, northern Kosovo, as Serbs voted for a new president. Tadic Battles Pro-Russian Rival in Serb Election (Update2) Update: Serbians Electing President As Kosovo Independence Loom |
 Enews 2.0 | Three killed in Kenya clashes with opposition defiant Washington Post - By Tim Cocks and Nick Tattersall NAIROBI (Reuters) - Attackers hacked three people to death with machetes in a slum in Kenya's capital on Sunday in ethnic clashes triggered by President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election last month, witnesses said. Clashes Erupt in Kenyan Slums Kenyans Hacked to Death With Machetes |
 WXIA-TV | Two engines 'did not respond' CNN International - LONDON, England (CNN) -- Two engines on the British Airways plane that crash-landed at Heathrow Airport "did not respond" to a demand for increased thrust about two miles from touchdown, an initial report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch said ... Crash Landing Pilot John Coward is a Hero BA's Crashed Boeing 777 to Be Moved for Further Investigation |
 Boston Globe | Cubans Vote in One-Party Elections Voice of America - By Michael Bowman Cuba's Fidel Castro is standing for re-election Sunday in one-party parliamentary elections, despite health problems that have kept him out of public view for more than a year. Cuban vote could keep Castro in the running Analysts see Castro as open to reform since becoming ill |
 WHDH-TV | Pakistan authorities arrest two over Bhutto plot Reuters - PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Pakistani security agents have arrested a youth who said he had been trained as a suicide bomber to kill opposition leader Benazir Bhutto had other militants failed to kill her, in the first arrests in the case, ... Pakistan questions two suspects in Bhutto plot PPP pushes for independent Bhutto probe |
 SI.com | Bobby Fischer, Troubled Genius of Chess, Dies at 64 New York Times - Heinz Ducklau/AP Boris Spassky and Mr. Fischer met at the XIX World Chess Olympiad in Siegen, Germany in 1970. More Photos > By BRUCE WEBER Bobby Fischer, the Chicago-born, Brooklyn-bred genius who became one of the greatest chess players the world has ... Chess legend Bobby Fischer dies in Iceland Troubled champion raised profile of chess |
 China Daily | Activists maintain war on Japanese whalers Scotsman - By Pat Wilde JAPANESE whalers and the activists who have vowed to stop them yesterday pledged to continue their activities in Antarctica. Environmentalists fall out over anti-whaling tactics Whaling showdown strains partnerships |
Thailand Aims to Reclaim Status as Investment Target Wall Street Journal - By JAMES HOOKWAY BANGKOK -- With an election won, a key legal challenge defeated and a coalition government formed, supporters of Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra are now preparing a series of economic measures to put the country ... Thaksin's future murky as allies form Thai government - analysts Thaksin allies in coalition bid |
 Enews 2.0 | Brown says UK, India should step up terrorism fight Reuters - By Adrian Croft NEW DELHI, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Britain and India should step up cooperation in the fight against terrorism and work together to isolate militants, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Sunday. Brown picks India to unveil foreign policy Brown in fight terrorism call |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Scruffy man clue in Madeleine CNN International - (CNN) -- The family of missing British child Madeleine McCann released two sketches Sunday of a man who may be linked to her disappearance last May from a holiday resort in Portugal. Sketches Released Of Maddie Kidnap Suspect Is This the Man Who Abducted Maddie? |
 Turkish Press | Spain Arrests 14 in Plotting Attack New York Times - By VICTORIA BURNETT MADRID - Spain was on high alert for terrorist attacks on Saturday after the police arrested 14 suspects of Pakistani and Indian origin who authorities contend were plotting an attack on Barcelona, officials said. Spain nabs 14 Islamic militants suspected of plotting attacks Spain arrests 14 in terror plot |
 CNNMoney.com | Chavez Raises Milk Prices, Offers Loans to Lift Food Production Bloomberg - By Matthew Walter Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez raised the regulated price for milk and said he will offer loans to small food producers at reduced interest rates in bid to lift output amid shortages of basic food staples. Congressman reaches out to Colombia rebels Chavez keeps up campaign to get rebels off terrorist list |
 Boston Globe | Scores die as messianic cult attacks religious pilgrims CNN - BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A messianic Shiite cult's battles with police and attacks on religious holiday pilgrims have left 75 dead across Iraq in two days, officials say. Dozens dead from Iraq fighting Dozens Killed in Clashes In S. Iraq |
 Peninsula On-line | 41 Rebels Killed as Fighting Intensifies in Sri Lanka eFluxMedia - By Diane Smith Fighting between the Sri Lankan government troops and the Tamil Tigers intensified in the north. The latest update on the matter, according to the military sources, shows that 41 rebels and one soldier were killed in as the government ... Sri Lanka says fighting kills 41 rebels, soldier Sri Lanka says independence celebrations on despite bloodshed |
 Turkish Press | Lebanon delays presidential vote USA Today - BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanon's parliament speaker on Sunday postponed a session to elect a new president until Feb. 11 - the latest of more than a dozen such delays since the sharply divided legislature first tried to select a new head of state in September. Lebanon vote postponed to February 11: speaker Lebanon vote delayed as mediator sees "closed door" |
 Twin Falls Times-News | Pakistani forces say capture dozens of militants Reuters - By Robert Birsel ISLAMABAD, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Pakistani forces captured 40 militants in the South Waziristan region on the Afghan border, a military spokesman said on Saturday, a day after up to 90 rebels were killed in two battles. Pakistan says 70 militants killed Scores dead in Pakistan gunbattles |
France's Sarkozy hardly the 'model' of savoir-faire Houston Chronicle - By FROMA HARROP The French have long tolerated adulterers, liars and hypocrites in their politics. A simpleton is another matter, and President Nicolas Sarkozy's public frolic with a former model and singer of heavy-breathing songs does not speak of ... Bruni may join Sarkozy in Agra Can Bruni fix French President Sarkozy's bruised image? |
 RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty | Saakashvili Sworn In as Georgian Opposition Protests (Update2) Bloomberg - By Helena Bedwell Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Georgia's Mikheil Saakashvili was sworn in for a second term as president of the former Soviet republic as opposition parties protested what they say was a rigged election. Georgian leader sworn in, wants better Russian ties Saakashvili to start second term |
 PRESS TV | US Is to Send More Troops to Support NATO Mission in Afghanistan Voice of America - By Judith Latham The Afghan insurgency has intensified, and the Pentagon says US deployment in March and April of 3200 Marines will greatly enhance NATO’s ability to deal with any spring offensive. Sticks ’n’ Stones and Allies Bush taps new commander for forces in Afghanistan (Roundup) |
