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ALBANIA
Albania boosts efforts for NATO membership
Southeast European Times - 04 Feb 2008 17:29:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Macedonia and Albania to establish visa free regime
Macedonian Information Agency - 01 Feb 2008 15:00:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Albania sells power plant for €1
Budapest Business Journal - 01 Feb 2008 10:06:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Albania plans to interfere in Kosovo
Serbianna - 30 Jan 2008 23:36:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Bankers Petroleum Buys Albania Oilfield
Serbianna - 30 Jan 2008 23:36:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Albanian foreign minister visits US to discuss Southeast Europe's stability
Southeast European Times - 29 Jan 2008 16:01:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Albania: Austrian EVN to build EUR 612 mln hydro plants in Alb
Reporter.gr - 29 Jan 2008 12:27:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

BELARUS
Lukashenko Offers Building Help
TheMoscowTimes.com - 04 Feb 2008 21:06:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Opposition Party of Communists of Belarus resumes activity
ITAR-TASS - 04 Feb 2008 13:04:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Lukashenko Finds His Place in Sochi
Kommersant - 04 Feb 2008 04:24:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia Pledges to Back Belarus
TheMoscowTimes.com - 30 Jan 2008 21:21:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Belarusian president hails relations with Russia
Xinhua - 29 Jan 2008 23:41:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 94%
EBRD: Belarus needs structural reforms
Budapest Business Journal - 29 Jan 2008 14:15:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
RS ruling parties form working group to resolve differences
Southeast European Times - 04 Feb 2008 17:30:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Lajcak reprimands Tihic over opposition to BiH police reform
Southeast European Times - 04 Feb 2008 17:30:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
BiH ruling parties to continue constitutional reform talks after signing of SAA
Southeast European Times - 03 Feb 2008 16:32:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
BiH central bank rejects attempts at political interference
Southeast European Times - 03 Feb 2008 16:32:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Bosnian Muslims rally behind Jihadists
Serbianna - 03 Feb 2008 15:08:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
BiH presidency approves 2008 state budget
Southeast European Times - 31 Jan 2008 15:47:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Bosnian envoy rejects Serb claim of right to secede
Reuters - 30 Jan 2008 18:12:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

BULGARIA
Bulgaria Minister Tables EU Reform Treaty for Ratification
novinite.com - 05 Feb 2008 09:23:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EU details hurdles ahead for Romania and Bulgaria
International Herald Tribune - 04 Feb 2008 21:29:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
BULGARIA: Steel Mill Kremikovtzi Off the Market, For Now
www.seeurope.net - 04 Feb 2008 09:48:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
BULGARIA: Bulgarian State Grabs 44% of Economy
www.seeurope.net - 04 Feb 2008 09:48:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bulgaria earmarks 161m euros to prepare to join Schengen area
Southeast European Times - 03 Feb 2008 16:32:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bulgaria Ex-king Kicks out 3 Ministers, 15 Deputy Ministers - Report
novinite.com - 01 Feb 2008 16:11:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bulgaria's Major Political Parties Consider Electoral System Reform
novinite.com - 30 Jan 2008 15:42:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bulgaria Aviation fate clear by end-month
Reporter.gr - 29 Jan 2008 19:35:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

CROATIA
Croatia: Fifteen new firms eye telephony market
Reporter.gr - 05 Feb 2008 09:04:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Croatia aims for NATO membership, economic growth in 2008
Southeast European Times - 04 Feb 2008 17:29:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Croatia: EBRD to acquire 30% stake in Jadranka Hotels
Reporter.gr - 04 Feb 2008 14:25:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Croatia: Agrokor plans EUR 40mn investment in FYROM
Reporter.gr - 04 Feb 2008 09:29:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EC toughens stance towards Croatia regarding protected fishing zone
Southeast European Times - 01 Feb 2008 17:51:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Croatian officials vow flat-out efforts for NATO invitation
Southeast European Times - 29 Jan 2008 16:01:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

CZECH REPUBLIC
Presidential campaign heats up
Radio Prague - 04 Feb 2008 18:41:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Czech unemployment reaches record low
Budapest Business Journal - 04 Feb 2008 13:27:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Czechs consider organised crime biggest threat-poll
Czech Happenings - 01 Feb 2008 15:51:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Czech banks may tighten mortgage lending, but market little affected byU.S. crisis - analysts
Interfax - 31 Jan 2008 12:59:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Another round of Czech-U.S. talks on radar base ends
Czech Happenings - 30 Jan 2008 17:46:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Czech presidential candidates differ on many issues in debate
Czech Happenings - 29 Jan 2008 16:47:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Czech firms may earn USD90 million on radar base - U.S. official
Czech Happenings - 29 Jan 2008 16:47:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

ESTONIA
Estonian president lobbies for NATO membership for Georgia, Ukraine
Xinhua - 04 Feb 2008 22:25:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Fitch cuts outlooks on four new EU countries
Budapest Business Journal - 31 Jan 2008 14:46:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 93%

HUNGARY
Hungary's rail services in disarray as union restarts strike
International Herald Tribune - 04 Feb 2008 16:08:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Energy company OMV seeks EU approval for hostile takeover of Hungary's MOL
Kyiv Post - 04 Feb 2008 09:43:37 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Teva may invest further $100 mln in Debrecen, Hungary
Budapest Business Journal - 01 Feb 2008 07:08:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Hungarian property market growing despite global sub-prime turmoil,local economy slowdown
Interfax - 31 Jan 2008 16:46:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Hungary: Still frozen real-estate market
Budapest Business Journal - 31 Jan 2008 07:35:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
MOL, Roth Group open Hungary's largest biodiesel plant
Budapest Business Journal - 30 Jan 2008 14:11:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

LATVIA
Ukraine, Latvia pledge to strengthen ties, cooperation
Xinhua - 01 Feb 2008 04:44:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Expelled Latvian diplomat given job in U.S.
RIA Novosti - 31 Jan 2008 18:13:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Expelled diplomat was buying secrets
baltictimes.com - 29 Jan 2008 16:51:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 91%
flyLAL to go toe-to-toe with airBaltic
baltictimes.com - 29 Jan 2008 16:51:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

LITHUANIA
Poland, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania discuss energy cooperation
Radio Polonia - 04 Feb 2008 13:57:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Lithuania to Merge Energy Companies
TheMoscowTimes.com - 03 Feb 2008 21:26:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MACEDONIA
Post-bankruptcy workers set to block streets in Skopje
Makfax - 05 Feb 2008 08:43:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
PM Gruevski: Macedonia is ready for visa annulment, but this depends on EU's will
Macedonian Information Agency - 03 Feb 2008 11:05:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Survey shows growing disappointment with EU among Macedonians
Southeast European Times - 01 Feb 2008 17:51:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 89%
Rupel: Name can hurdle NATO entry
Makfax - 01 Feb 2008 09:21:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Unemployment, economic situation, crime - main problems in Macedonia
Makfax - 31 Jan 2008 15:11:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EU benchmarks for Macedonia
Budapest Business Journal - 29 Jan 2008 12:49:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MOLDOVA
Foreign experts inspect military facilities in Moldova
ITAR-TASS - 04 Feb 2008 20:29:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Moldova will not join NATO - Voronin
Interfax - 01 Feb 2008 07:56:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Talks on joint state with Moldova possible - Transdniestrian speaker
Interfax - 31 Jan 2008 08:55:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MONTENEGRO
Montenegro's People's Party will not take part in presidential election
Southeast European Times - 04 Feb 2008 17:30:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
MONTENEGRO: Montenegrin PM Resigns on Health Grounds
www.seeurope.net - 01 Feb 2008 13:01:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Montenegro to apply for EU membership status soon
Southeast European Times - 30 Jan 2008 15:54:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Montenegro: Mobile coverage rate at 141% in '07
Reporter.gr - 29 Jan 2008 12:38:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

POLAND
Putin to meet Polish PM on Friday - Kremlin
RIA Novosti - 05 Feb 2008 11:05:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 95%
Bush requests $720 mln for missile defense in Europe
RIA Novosti - 05 Feb 2008 09:46:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 84%
Poland Seeks Cheaper Pipeline Route
TheMoscowTimes.com - 03 Feb 2008 21:23:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Attempts to place Poland on "confrontation line" dangerous - Rogozin
Interfax - 03 Feb 2008 10:13:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Poland 'agrees' to US missile defence deal
telegraph.co.uk - 03 Feb 2008 00:22:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Polish Minister Sees Threat from Russia
kommersant.com - 01 Feb 2008 14:14:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 89%
Poland would like NATO base, foreign minister says
Reuters - 01 Feb 2008 03:26:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Polish support for euro drops to 49% - opinion poll
Interfax - 31 Jan 2008 18:39:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 86%
Polish economy grows 6.5%
FT.com - 30 Jan 2008 13:46:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

ROMANIA
Romanian parliament ratifies Lisbon Treaty
Xinhua - 04 Feb 2008 22:24:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Romania, France sign declaration on strategic partnership
Xinhua - 04 Feb 2008 16:24:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EU criticizes Romania and Bulgaria over lack of justice reforms
International Herald Tribune - 04 Feb 2008 16:08:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
ROMANIA: Fitch RatingsCuts Romania's Outlook to Negative
www.seeurope.net - 01 Feb 2008 13:01:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
ROMANIA: WB Forecasts Positive Economic Prospects, Risk of Slower Economic Growth, Inflation Growth Remain
www.seeurope.net - 01 Feb 2008 13:01:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Daimler plans east Europe factory
FT.com - 30 Jan 2008 23:06:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Brussels gets tough on EU deficits
FT.com - 30 Jan 2008 21:01:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Romania to absorb in 2008 over one bln euros in structural funds
Xinhua - 29 Jan 2008 19:42:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
ROMANIA: Foreign Investments on Romanian Market Amount EUR 2.35 bn
www.seeurope.net - 29 Jan 2008 13:41:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

SERBIA
Serbian PM opposes European Union agreement
Reuters - 05 Feb 2008 11:17:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
No guarantees of a Westward tilt in Serbia
International Herald Tribune - 04 Feb 2008 21:29:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tadic keen to press ahead with EU agreement
FT.com - 04 Feb 2008 19:22:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
International monitors: Serbia election in line with democratic standards
Kyiv Post - 04 Feb 2008 14:18:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Serbian election result muddies waters for Kosovo
Guardian - 04 Feb 2008 14:13:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom Neft wins tender for oil supplies to Serbia
rbcnews.com - 04 Feb 2008 13:19:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tadić: Now is time for hard work
B92 - 04 Feb 2008 09:20:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Milosevic's Wife, Son Get Asylum
TheMoscowTimes.com - 03 Feb 2008 21:29:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 73%
No Serbian violence expected over Kosovo: EU
Reuters - 01 Feb 2008 00:42:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Aeroflot to bid for Serbian air carrier
rbcnews.com - 30 Jan 2008 14:34:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tadić: No foreign military bases in Serbia
B92 - 30 Jan 2008 13:12:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

SLOVAKIA
Slovakia shows highest EU unemployment
Budapest Business Journal - 04 Feb 2008 10:56:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Slovak president accepts defense minister's resignation
Xinhua - 31 Jan 2008 00:20:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

SLOVENIA
Provinces Stay Intact
The Slovenia Times - 05 Feb 2008 00:25:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Slovenia: Pivovarna Lasko target of takeover bid
Reporter.gr - 04 Feb 2008 07:58:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Slovenia: Strategic partner wanted for nat.l rail operator development
Reporter.gr - 01 Feb 2008 11:19:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Slovenia and Malta ratify EU treaty - extended
Budapest Business Journal - 30 Jan 2008 13:18:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

UKRAINE
Ukraine and World Bank sign loan agreement
Budapest Business Journal - 05 Feb 2008 09:55:37 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
After 14 years, WTO is set to approve Ukraine's membership
International Herald Tribune - 04 Feb 2008 18:59:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tymoshenko seeks to end gas mediation
Budapest Business Journal - 04 Feb 2008 13:27:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Russian Receives Asylum in Ukraine
kommersant.com - 04 Feb 2008 10:08:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyiv hopes to attract IPOs with new system
forUm - 01 Feb 2008 10:31:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
President greets NATO-Ukraine working group
forUm - 31 Jan 2008 15:29:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EBRD becomes Ukraine's top investor in 2007
forUm - 31 Jan 2008 12:08:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Ukraine Seeks to Save Europe's Money: Yulia's Own Pipeline Proposal
www.neftegaz.ru - 31 Jan 2008 12:05:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkmens Peeved at Ukrainian Pipe Snub
TheMoscowTimes.com - 30 Jan 2008 21:19:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 96%
Kiev seeks bigger role in EU energy security
International Herald Tribune - 30 Jan 2008 10:07:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
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