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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'.

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".



Dubrovnik Wants Euro as Legal Tender

Zagreb | 26 November 2009 |
 
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik's business owners have called for the euro to be made legal tender, trading alongside the Croatian kuna.

They say tourism in the city is being damaged as many tourists struggle to find places where they can change money, and many just do not bother, especially if they are visiting the city for just a short time, the Croatian Times reports.

The calls have been backed by Dalmatia's Employers' Association and by Dubrovnik's major Andro Vlahusic, but have been rejected by the governor of the central bank Zeljko Rohatinski, on the grounds that such an arrangement would undermine the Croatian currency.

He also noted that it would pose many practical problems, since businesses would have to adjust their prices on an almost daily basis in line with exchange rate fluctuations.



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