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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'.

Skopje: UN “Name” Mediator Arrives February 23
09 February 2010 | Sinisa-Jakov Marusic

The UN envoy in the Athens-Skopje “name” dispute, Matthew Nimetz, will pay a visit to Skopje for a fresh round of talks with Macedonian leaders on February 23.

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".



Romania Press Review - October 30

Bucharest | 30 October 2009 | Marian Chiriac
 
Romanian Press
Romanian Press
Here are the top stories in Romania’s main newspapers. Balkan Insight has not verified the reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.

ROMANIA LIBERA
Only two of 14 cabinet nominees, proposed by prime minister-designate Lucian Croitoru, have been approved by parliamentary committees.

ZIUA
The US wants to control oil resources in the Caspian Sea via bases in Romania and Bulgaria, the Centre for Research on Globalisation claims in an analysis.
 
BUSINESS STANDARD
The IMF, which currently has a mission in Romania reviewing the country’s economy, has decided to delay the payment of a €1 billion loan tranche until next year, due to the absence of an approved 2010 state budget.



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