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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".



Romania Press Review – November 17

Bucharest | 17 November 2009 |
 
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.

FINANCIARUL
Romanian citizens abroad who wish to cast their vote in the presidential elections and the referendum on November 22 can go to one of the 294 polling stations in Romania's diplomatic missions or consular offices all over the
world. In order to exercise their right, the Romanian citizens must present valid identification.

FLACARA IASULUI
An interim report on Romania's presidential elections, developed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, found that the Romanian press provides too little coverage of the presidential candidates' programs
for the elections. According to the report, TV is the main source of political information.

CURIERUL NATIONAL
New car registrations in Romania dropped 62 per cent in the first ten months of 2009, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association. In the same period, new car registrations at the EU level decreased by 4.8 per cent. In October, the number of Dacia registrations in Europe increased by 19 per cent.



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