:News Archive
11. February 2010.
Snow covers Croatia and causes traffic problems
08:48 |
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| Croatian Times
Snow obstructed traffic in the central and northwestern parts of Croatia, in the Gorski kotar and Lika mountainous areas and in the east, while in Istria, the northern coastal area and the south, it has been raining.
Zagreb Wine Gourmet Festival to start
08:50 |
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| Croatian Times
The two-day exhibition of international oenology and gastronomy will feature 140 exhibitors: 70 top wine producers from Croatia and almost the same number of producers from Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Germany and New Zealand.
13 busted, 2 wanted in Bulgaria 'Octopus' police operation
08:52 |
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| Sofia News Agency
The operation is being carried out jointly by the Bulgarian Unit for Fighting Organized Crime – GDBOP, the National Agency for State Security – DANS, the Sofia Police Directorate and the Sofia Prosecutor's Office.
Greece: No taxis on Thursday
08:54 |
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| EMportal
Taxis will not be running from 05:00 on Thursday due to a 24 hour strike staged by the Pan-Hellenic Federation of Motorists and Union of Attica Taxi Drivers in protest against the government's taxation measures.
Petrol and diesel fuel prices rise
08:55 |
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| EMportal
The rise in the excise duty on fuels established by the draft-bill submitted to Parliament has shot petrol and diesel fuel prices up.
Promahonas border crossing closed to trucks
08:57 |
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| ANA
The Greek Farmers' Panhellenic Coordination Body representing 13 blocks in Thessaly and Macedonia has decided to suspend mobilizations.
Romanian gov't bans 36 hallucinogenic substances and plants, equals them to illicit drugs
09:00 |
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| Agerpres
The Romanian Government on Wednesday decided to ban the trade, possession and use of 36 hallucinogenic substances and plants by equalling them to illicit drugs.
Albania, Turkey launch visa-free travel
09:01 |
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| SEtimes.com
Citizens can visit either country and stay for up to 90 days without visas or any fee.
MEPs recommend opening of FYRMacedonia's EU accession talks without delay
11:42 
11:47 |
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| EMportal, MIA
The European Parliament on Wednesday adopted by an overwhelming majority of votes a resolution on Macedonia's progress towards the European Union membership.
Sanader damages INA oil company for HRK 1.5bn?
12:15 |
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| Croatian Times
Alleged secret deals with former PM Ivo Sanader regarding Ina's business operations put Slovenian oil distributor salbatring in the spotlight, "Večernji list" writes.
Croatian consortium obtains guarantee for highway in Montenegro
12:17 |
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| Croatian Times
A Croatian consortium led by Split company Konstruktor had already won a bid for 188 kilometres of highway between Bar and Boljare in March 2009. Construction companies Tehnika and IGH are the other members of the consortium.
Brussels to hold extraordinary discussion on Nabucco pipe
12:19 |
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| Dnevnik
Bulgarian prime minister Boyko Borissov said he will ask at Thursday EU leaders’ summit in Brussels whether the Nabucco gas pipeline project is on the priority list on the nation’s European partners.
NATO's new Strategic Concept to be discussed in Moscow
15:12 |
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| EMportal
From 9 to 12 February 2010, the Group of Experts on the NATO's new Strategic Concept will visit Moscow at the invitation of the Russian Federation.
Romanian FM: Anti-missile system to cover entire national territory
16:46 |
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| Agerpres
The anti-missile system will provide the protection of the entire national territory and it will not have significant costs for the Romanian side, Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi said after the parliamentary hearings on this issue on Wednesday.