:News Archive
18. November 2009.
Croatia: Agrokor buys Vupik
11:43 |
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| ANSAmed
Croatian food and agriculture business, Agrokor, bought an 87.98% stake in Vupik for about 4.12 million euros.
EU foreign ministers approve Albanian EU membership application
14:04 |
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| EMportal
The country needs to make progress, in particular regarding the rule of law and the fight against corruption, as well as the proper functioning of state institutions, especially the independence of the judiciary. Administrative and enforcement capacity require further strengthening.
Construction of deepwater fairway Danube-Black Sea extended
16:47 |
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| Ukrinform
The first stage of the channel opened on August 26, 2004. Its length is 172.36 kilometers, and the length of the artificial sea approach canal is 3.4 kilometers. The width of the passage on the bottom is 85 meters at the rectilinear sector, and 100 meters at the curvilinear one.
Bildt still optimistic about possible name solution by Dec. 7
16:11 |
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| MIA
The European Union is optimistic regarding an opportunity for compromise between Greece and FYRMacedonia on the name row ahead of a meeting of foreign ministers scheduled on Dec. 7, Carl Bildt, the foreign minister of EU's current presidency holder Sweden, stated on Tuesday.
Corruption threatens global economic recovery, greatly challenges countries in conflict
08:41 |
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| EMportal
As the world economy begins to register a tentative recovery and some nations continue to wrestle with ongoing conflict and insecurity, it is clear that no region of the world is immune to the perils of corruption, according to Transparency International’s 2009 Corruption
EL.PE merger plan
08:45 |
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| EMportal
Hellenic Petroleum (EL.PE) on Tuesday unveiled details of a merger plan with Petrola, under which Hellenic Petroleum will absorb all of Petrola's assets.
Romania: Over 120,000 companies suspended operations in 2009
08:47 |
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| Nine O'Clock
A number of 120,509 companies suspended their operations in the first ten months of year 2009, according to data provided by the National Trade Register Office ONRC
Officials of foreign banks in Romania meet in Brussels
08:49 |
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| Nine O'Clock
The representatives of the biggest nine foreign banks present on the Romanian market meet today in Brussels with IMF, BNR and EC officials to discuss the evolution of the commitments assumed by the banking institutions, IMF representative in Romania, Tonny Lybek, declared for Mediafax.
Russia , Slovenia signed South Stream Agreement
12:43 |
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| STA
Slovenian Economy Minister Matej Lahovnik and Russian Energy Minister Sergey Ivanovich Shmatko signed on Saturday in Moscow an agreement on the construction of the Slovenian leg of South Stream, a EUR 10bn gas pipeline with a capacity of about 60 billion cubic metres. PMs Borut
Slovenia: Health Care workers against vaccination
09:09 |
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| STA
As many as 83.5% of those polled in a survey published on Sunday do not intend to get vaccinated against swine flu. 5.5% have already got vaccinated, 9.5% intend to do so, and 5.5% are still undecided.
Romania: Metro workers on all-out strike
09:07 |
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| Agerpres
Employees of the Bucharest Underground have gone on all-out strike from 4 a.m. until 4 p.m., the strike affecting about 650,000 passengers who take the underground on a daily basis.
RME plane airlifts anti-flu medicine to Ukraine
09:09 |
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| Itar-Tass
A RME transport plane Il-76 has airlifted a humanitarian cargo with the anti-flu medicine “Arbidol” to Kiev on Tuesday.