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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".



Macedonia Press Review – December 1

Skopje | 01 December 2009 | Sinisa-Jakov Marusic
 
Macedonia Press
Macedonia Press
Here are the top stories in Macedonia’s main newspapers. Balkan Insight has not verified the reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.

DNEVNIK

The Schengen wall fell. As of 19 December Macedonian citizens will be able to travel freely in 25 out of 27 EU member states excluding Great Britain and Ireland. The free travel applies to Norway, Switzerland and Island too.

UTRINSKI VESNIK

The swine flu has taken it’s forth victim in Macedonia. The 55-year old woman who fought for her life for 12 days at the Skopje Infectious Diseases Clinic has died. By later Monday there were 93 patients at the clinic, eight of which were newly admitted.

VREME

After 18 years of waiting, Europe finally opened its gates for Macedonian citizens. Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski joined the people celebrating in front of parliament.



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