:News Archive
30. April 2012.
Tadic, Dodik and Kusturica visit Visegrad
07:33 | 
0 | Tanjug
Boris Tadic, presidential candidate of the Democratic Party (DS), visited Sunday in Visegrad, together with Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik and film director Emir Kusturica, the works on the construction of Andricgrad and the Mehmed Pasa Sokolovic bridge.
76.5% of citizens support BiH's integration into EU
07:38 | 0 | Fena
According to reseults of a research Directorate for European Integration conducted in January of 2012, supported by project ''EU Awareness II'', 76.5% of citizens of BiH supports its integration into EU.
Croatian Telecom profits up
07:41 | 0 | Tanjug
Croatian Telecom (HT), the leading provider of telecommunication services in. Croatia has recorded a 3.7 per cent profit increase in the first quarter of 2012, according to the companies latest financial report.
Croatia behind European household internet access average
07:42 | 0 | Croatian Times
The largest number of households with access to the internet was via broadband. Some 64 per cent had access via DSL, while 24 per cent of households had cable internet. The remainder went to dial-up access (6 per cent) and access via mobile phone (6 per cent).
Italians want to buy all of Slavonias hazelnuts
07:44 | 0 | Croatian Times
One of the largest hazelnut processing companies in Europe wants to buy up the complete hazelnut yield of the eastern Slavonia region in Croatia.
Croatia: Gas and electricity prices to go up by double-digit percentage
07:45 | 0 | tportal.hr
The gas price for Croatian households rises 22% and the electricity price will go up by 20% as of 1 May, the government decided on Friday.
PM says Chinese investments, hiring to be done by rules
07:46 | 0 | Croatian Times
All major jobs in Croatia will be landed at public tenders and Chinese companies' investments and the hiring of Chinese workers will not be exempt from rules on investments and the hiring of foreign labour in Croatia, Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said in Warsaw on
EBRD lays foundation for road PPP in Western Balkans
07:54 | 0 | Emg.rs
The EBRD is supporting the modernisation of transport infrastructure in Bosnia and Herzegovina with a €150 million sovereign-guaranteed loan for the construction of a part of the new Banja Luka-Doboj motorway. This segment is the main east-west link in Republika Srpska,
EBRD and Bulgarian government launch Green Economy Programme
07:56 | 0 | Emg.rs
The EBRD is joining forces with the Bulgarian government to help increase the energy efficiency and competitiveness of local enterprises.
Greece: EIB to delete drachma clauses
11:03 | 0 | Emg.rs, ANSAmed
European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn said drachma clauses being inserted by the European Investment Bank (EIB) into new loan agreements with Greek companies are "unfortunate", as daily Kathimerini reports.
KYSEA cancels buying of four C 27 aircraft
11:08 | 0 | AMNA
The Government Council of Foreign Affairs and Defence (KYSEA), that convened on Thursday afternoon under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Lucas Papademos, decided to cancel the buying of the remaining four C 27 transport aircraft.
Athens condemns exploratory drilling in occupied part of Cyprus
11:10 | 0 | AMNA
The Greek foreign ministry on Thursday sharply condemned the exploratory drilling launched by a Turkish firm in the region of Sygkrasi (Sinirustu in Turkish) near the town Famagusta in the Turkish-occupied northern third of Cyprus.
EU says Greece's special rights in OTE-DT deal incompatible
11:11 | 0 | AMNA
The non-compliance with EU law results from the application of a State measure, adopted in the context of Deutsche Telekom's (DT) participation in the Hellenic Telecommunication Organisation (OTE) and granting special rights (“golden share”) to the Greek State.
National Bank to set up subsidiary for SE European units
11:12 | 0 | AMNA
National Bank’s chief executive, Apostolos Tamvakakis, on Thursday expressed optimism over political developments in Greece, saying the country will have a stable government after the May 6 general elections.
Twenty-six people arrested in Attica prefecture in two days for debts to the state
11:13 | 0 | AMNA
Twenty-six people have been arrested in various regions of the Attica prefecture, over the April 24-25 two-day period, for debts owed to the state whose total exceeds 14 million euros.
Carrefour-Marinopoulos group under investigation for dodging VAT through fake invoices
11:15 | 0 | AMNA
The Greek financial crimes squad SDOE, following an investigation, is preparing to charge the Greece-based Carrefour-Marinopoulos group of dodging VAT payments in Greece via a fake invoice scam with businesses based in another EU country.
First group of Dutch tourists arrives in Ohrid
11:17 | 0 | MIA
The first group of 120 tourists from the Netherlands using arrangements of tour-operator "Arke Travel -TUI", arrived in Ohrid on Friday.
PM Gruevski: Macedonia open to new Chinese investments
11:18 | 0 | MIA
Republic of Macedonia has China's political support, and is open to new Chinese investments, said Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski after the meeting with Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao within Economic Forum Poland-Central Europe-China, held in Warsaw.
Turkish-Americans: Inclusion of Macedonia in NATO well overdue
11:19 | 4 | MIA
The Turkish- and Turkic-American and Macedonian-American communities, through ATAA, FTAA, TCA and UMD, are working closely together to strengthen US relations with Southeast Europe, and ensure the peace, security, and stability of the entire region.
New York Times: Greece preoccupied with crisis to devote to Macedonia issue
11:21 | 0 | MIA
NATO enlargement is not on the agenda of the forthcoming summit in Chicago, while Greece is preoccupied with its economic crisis in order Macedonia's request of obtaining a membership invitation at the May summit to be fulfilled, The New York Times reports.
Government to encourage Chinese investors to invest in Montenegro, PM Jiabao says
11:22 | 0 | Emg.rs
Several bilateral agreements which Montenegro and China have already signed, as well as intensive cooperation at all level, is a good foundation for boosting economic cooperation, the two heads of governments noted.
Russian Partriarch Kirill meets with Bulgaria's highest state officials
11:26 | 0 | BNR
During the second day of his official visit to Bulgaria, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill met with Bulgaria's President Rossen Plevneliev, Parliamentary Speaker Tsetska Tsacheva and PM Boyko Borissov.
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with His Holiness Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria and members of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
11:29 | 0 | Emg.rs
On 27 April 2012, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met and talked with His Holiness Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria and with members of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Church.
CoE awards three Croatian coastal towns
11:34 | 0 | tportal.hr
The Council of Europe this week announced the results of the "Best Practice Award Programme for European Coastal Towns", including Croatia's Zadar as well as Murter and Bibinje among the recipients.
Greece-Cyprus-Israel undersea cable is announced
11:41 | 0 | ekathimerini.com
PPC Quantum Energy S.A., a subsidiary of electricity giant Public Power Corporation, this week formally announced the launch of the construction of a 2,000-megawatt undersea electricity cable to link up the electricity grids of Israel, Cyprus and Greece.
Rastello: Greek economic crisis, chance to solve name issue
11:43 | 2 | MIA
According to him, Europe has harmed itself with the delay in Macedonia's recognition following Yugoslavia's breakup, despite Badinter's recommendations. He referred to the period of the war with Serbia, when Europe did not manage to see Macedonia's significance as a peace knot.
