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Love Hurts

05 February 2010 |

Simon Cottrell It's a shame that the internet is a virtual medium, because there are a lot of people out there that I'd like to express my deep feelings of friendship to, and having spent the last two years here in Serbia, I'd like to do it in a truly Serbian way.


Feith: 'New Beginning' for Mitrovica
05 February 2010 | Lawrence Marzouk

The International Civilian Representative in Kosovo, Pieter Feith, has said the appointment of a team to create a new Serb-majority municipality in the divided city of Mitrovica could herald a 'new beginning'.

Georgieva, Ciolos Approved with New Commission
09 February 2010 |

The European Parliament has approved the new European Commission at its session in Strasbourg. Kristalina Georgieva and Dacian Ciolos are the new commissioners from Bulgaria and Romania, respectively.

Koricanske stijene: Awareness of Security
09 February 2010 |

A member of the Intelligence-Security Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina says he spoke to Milorad Skrbic while investigating the murder at Koricanske stijene and "determined that he did not have any operational data about this event".



Two Killed in Romania Storm Havoc

| 25 July 2008 |
 
Parts of Romania have seen heavy rain in recent days
Parts of Romania have seen heavy rain in recent days
Bucharest _ A child and a man have been killed and more than 300 people evacuated in northeastern Romania after heavy rain led to widespread flooding.

Homes were swept away, roads and bridges were damaged and there have been power outages according to local press reports.

Television stations reported villagers in Suceava county, the worst hit area, were climbing on to rooftops and up trees to save themselves from the swollen rivers.

Two days of heavy rains have hit towns and villages in six counties, particularly in Iasi, Neamt and Suceava at the border with Ukraine, officials said on Friday.

Meteorologists have already urged Romanians to expect temperatures this summer in excess of 40 degrees Celsius, together with freak storms and heavy rainfall long periods of hot, dry weather will generate.
In 2005 and 2006, Romania was hit by exceptionally heavy rainfall and flooding.



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