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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".



Macedonian PM Meets ZZ Top

Skopje | 22 October 2009 | Sinisa-Jakov Marusic
 
PM greets the musicians - photo by: Macedonia Information Agency, MIA
PM greets the musicians - photo by: Macedonia Information Agency, MIA
Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski met famous Texas rock trio ZZ Top on Wednesday, ahead of their gig at Skopje’s Boris Trajkovski Arena this evening.

Gruevski was the first to welcome the threesome upon their arrival to Skopje.

“We came to throw a great party and make lots of noise”, the iconic US band said during their audience with the premier. ZZ Top are one of the few major rock acts to have been performing with same line-up for 40 years. 
photo by: Macedonia News Agency
Composed of guitarist Billy Gibbons, bassist Dusty Hill and drummer Frank Beard, ZZ Top was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.

The band's Skopje visit is part of their world tour. They have also made stops in nearby Belgrade and Sofia.

Rock stars have not been strangers to the premier's office. When he performed in Skopje in 2006, influential punk rock icon Iggy Pop also stopped in to pay Gruevski a short visit.



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Comments:
The EU Flag
2009-10-23 02:06:58
The EU Flag

Crimson Comrade, where be you?
2009-10-23 17:52:18
To paraphrase an old ZZ Top song, Gruios and his VMRO pals are heading for a 'pearl necklace' at the December EU Summit...

Statue of ZZ top
2009-10-23 18:26:12
Good to see Gruev has his priorities straight - statues and ZZ top. How about a statue of ZZ top? Surely there were better places to meet than a government office?

Od kumanovo
2009-10-23 19:15:08
gruevski pojma si nema koi sa ZZ TOP.a i najvekje mi e krivo zosto da dojdes CECA kje ja napunese salata a na ZZ TOP bese pola prazna.Golem sram,nie sme 10%sto slusame takva muzika.


2009-10-24 02:25:30
Super bese na kocerto se iznatransav tribinite bea do pola polni inaku dolu na parket dzgan bese


2009-10-26 17:34:17
Seriously? He has time to meet ZZ Top, but no time to spend working on improving the daily life of our citizens.

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