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ALBANIA [top]
Albania and Croatia urge for quick inclusion in NATO
Makfax - 05 May 2008 18:09:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Albanian Prime Minister Berisha says reforms come with cost
Southeast European Times - 05 May 2008 15:25:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Albanian officials arrested for corruption
Serbianna - 05 May 2008 11:55:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Albania's Berisha meets leader of Albanians in Macedonia
Southeast European Times - 02 May 2008 15:47:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Albania: METE to hold tenders on two HPSs in June
Reporter.gr - 02 May 2008 11:47:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Left-wing Albanian parties call for nationwide referendum on constitutional changes
Southeast European Times - 30 Apr 2008 16:01:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Free Trade Between Turkey And Albania
www.turkishpress.com - 30 Apr 2008 03:41:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

BELARUS [top]
IAEA to oversee Belarus nuclear plant project
RIA Novosti - 06 May 2008 07:14:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Belarusian oil Company opens subsidiary company in London
www.belta.by - 03 May 2008 15:00:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 28%
Diplomats' expulsion from Belarus angers U.S.
International Herald Tribune - 02 May 2008 02:57:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Belarus: Lukashenka Abandons Courtship Of West
rferl.org - 30 Apr 2008 14:46:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Lukashenko Wants More Belarusians
Kommersant - 30 Apr 2008 13:19:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia, Belarus stepping up mil cooperation - defense minister
ITAR-TASS - 30 Apr 2008 10:27:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Belarus budget surplus totals Br1.8 trillion in January-March
www.belta.by - 29 Apr 2008 17:14:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA [top]
Bosnia FM Faces Sack Over Conflict Of Interest
Serbianna - 06 May 2008 10:27:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Lajcak, Dodik discuss BiH electoral legislation
Southeast European Times - 05 May 2008 15:25:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 96%
Russia, Bosnia-Herzegovina folk begin to travel visa-free
ITAR-TASS - 01 May 2008 12:34:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EU To Sign Pact With Bosnia Next Month
Serbianna - 29 Apr 2008 23:01:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Envoy Lajcak scolds SDP and SNSD for harsh rhetoric
Southeast European Times - 29 Apr 2008 15:03:37 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%

BULGARIA [top]
Bulgaria's general insurance market up 20.7% in '07
Reporter.gr - 02 May 2008 11:44:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
First Skyscraper to Be Built in Bulgaria Black Sea City Burgas
novinite.com - 30 Apr 2008 12:31:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bulgaria: NPP Belene construction to start off by end-'08
Reporter.gr - 30 Apr 2008 10:26:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Is the EU honeymoon over for Bulgaria?
www.businessneweurope.eu - 30 Apr 2008 08:04:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bulgaria: Generali to headquarter regional insurance unit in Bg
Reporter.gr - 29 Apr 2008 22:14:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EC supports Bulgarian cabinet reshuffle
Southeast European Times - 29 Apr 2008 15:03:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

CROATIA [top]
Croatia PM & President clash over economy
Budapest Business Journal - 06 May 2008 06:34:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
LUKoil acquires Europa-Mil
Budapest Business Journal - 05 May 2008 16:13:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 86%
Croatia Hosts NATO Exercises With US
Serbianna - 03 May 2008 12:38:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Croatia aims to complete all conditions to open EU negotiating chapters by late June
Southeast European Times - 29 Apr 2008 15:03:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

CZECH REPUBLIC [top]
ADAG eyes Prague airport upgrade
Budapest Business Journal - 06 May 2008 06:34:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Czech Republic, U.S. to sign radar treaty no later than July
Xinhua - 05 May 2008 23:01:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 71%
Czechs first to achieve Western prosperity but not without growing pains
www.businessneweurope.eu - 05 May 2008 14:01:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 81%
Czech parliament approves deployment of 100 elite troops in Afghanistan
International Herald Tribune - 30 Apr 2008 19:16:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Czech govt survives no confidence motion provoked by opposition
Czech Happenings - 30 Apr 2008 11:14:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Czech opposition head criticises, PM praises govt in lower house
Czech Happenings - 30 Apr 2008 10:08:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

ESTONIA [top]
Fears grow for European houses prices
telegraph.co.uk - 03 May 2008 07:54:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 58%
News Analysis: How Vulnerable Are Countries To Cyberattacks? Ask Estonia!
rferl.org - 29 Apr 2008 16:09:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

HUNGARY [top]
Hungary foreign trade surplus €157 mln in February - up from preliminary
Budapest Business Journal - 06 May 2008 11:24:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Brussels suspends investigation of potential OMV-MOL merger
Budapest Business Journal - 06 May 2008 06:34:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 93%
Hungary's growth potential less than generally thought – MNB study
Budapest Business Journal - 05 May 2008 22:51:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Hungary: GKI predicts economic recovery
Budapest Business Journal - 05 May 2008 22:51:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Five new Hungarian ministers sworn in
Xinhua - 05 May 2008 15:00:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Investors criticise rules at Mol meeting
FT.com - 01 May 2008 18:23:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
Hungary opposition calls on prime minister to step down
International Herald Tribune - 29 Apr 2008 20:50:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

LATVIA [top]
Deficits, demand dropping, depression
baltictimes.com - 29 Apr 2008 14:34:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 96%

LITHUANIA [top]
Lithuania's P.M. Hopes Nabucco Project To Be Implemented Soon
www.turkishpress.com - 02 May 2008 04:30:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
A New Euro-opponent of Russia // Lithuania blocked the EU-Russia negotiations
Kommersant - 30 Apr 2008 08:02:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MACEDONIA [top]
Macedonian prime minister insists on referendum on name dispute
Xinhua - 05 May 2008 19:40:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
April inflation swells by 10.1%
Makfax - 05 May 2008 18:09:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gül says Macedonia treated unfairly at NATO summit
www.todayszaman.com - 05 May 2008 07:10:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
UN envoy Nimetz to visit Athens, Skopje regarding name dispute
Southeast European Times - 04 May 2008 14:27:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Macedonia's VMRO-DPMNE sign pre-election coalition deal with 18 small parties
Southeast European Times - 02 May 2008 15:47:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
FYROM completes power transmission line to Bulgaria border
Reporter.gr - 30 Apr 2008 16:35:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MOLDOVA [top]
European Commission to provide Moldova with 50 million euros in 2008-2009
www.moldpres.md - 01 May 2008 12:40:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Hungary to support Moldova on European integration path, Hungarian MPs say
www.moldpres.md - 29 Apr 2008 18:04:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MONTENEGRO [top]
Montenegro: Still no official interest for National Railways
Reporter.gr - 05 May 2008 14:35:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Montenegro: Q1/08 value of construction works up 45% y/y
Reporter.gr - 05 May 2008 11:33:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Montenegrin defence minister says foreign missions good for country
Southeast European Times - 04 May 2008 14:27:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
DUA leader urges Montenegro to recognise Kosovo in May
Southeast European Times - 29 Apr 2008 15:03:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

POLAND [top]
Polish former PM and his opposition party stumble from crisis to crisis
www.businessneweurope.eu - 06 May 2008 06:05:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 90%
Mixed feelings greet PM Donald Tusk's first address to the nation
Radio Polonia - 05 May 2008 23:17:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Negotiator: Poland might complete talks on U.S. base in autumn
Xinhua - 05 May 2008 19:39:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
U.S. 'set for new Polish armed forces offer over missile shield'
RIA Novosti - 05 May 2008 11:47:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 92%
PRESS: Top Polish fuel firm PKN Orlen interested in upstream, but willfocus on int'l expansion
Interfax - 05 May 2008 08:57:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
NATO defense ministers to meet in Poland next March
Xinhua - 30 Apr 2008 16:40:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

ROMANIA [top]
Romania in new rate hike to battle inflation
Budapest Business Journal - 06 May 2008 11:24:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Orban: Bucharest to have a complete railroad beltway in 2011
www.nineoclock.ro - 05 May 2008 23:27:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Downbeat predictions for Romanian economy
www.nineoclock.ro - 05 May 2008 23:27:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Romania feels heat of East Europe wage pressure
Budapest Business Journal - 05 May 2008 22:51:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Chinese top political advisor foresees new era in China-Romania relations
Xinhua - 05 May 2008 19:03:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Romania: E.ON and Gaz de France compete for Petrom.s gas division
Reporter.gr - 05 May 2008 08:18:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Romania: IT&C market reaches EUR 3.98 bil in '07 - IDC
Reporter.gr - 02 May 2008 15:47:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Romania faces $100m corruption suit
FT.com - 02 May 2008 03:39:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Romania: Telecoms, financial co.s have to modify strategy - Roland Berger
Reporter.gr - 29 Apr 2008 22:55:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

SERBIA [top]
Second tender for RTB Bor unsuccessful – Report
www.steelguru.com - 06 May 2008 06:53:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Serbian president receives death threats before crucial election
International Herald Tribune - 05 May 2008 18:00:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Serbia, Fiat sign memorandum on joint investment
Budapest Business Journal - 05 May 2008 16:13:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Top Russian MP to visit Belgrade at Kostunica's invitation
RIA Novosti - 05 May 2008 12:22:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Crunch time for Serbs in EU vs Kosovo election
Reuters - 04 May 2008 10:24:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tomislav Nikolic, far right leader in Serbia, follows own path
International Herald Tribune - 02 May 2008 20:06:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Serbia prepares for industrial park
Southeast European Times - 02 May 2008 15:47:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Djelic predicts Serbia will join EU in four years
Southeast European Times - 01 May 2008 14:49:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Serbia, EU sign SAA
Southeast European Times - 30 Apr 2008 16:01:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
SERBIA: IMF Predict Economic Growth for Serbia
www.seeurope.net - 30 Apr 2008 00:23:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EU to sign deal on on ties with Serbia
FT.com - 29 Apr 2008 14:24:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

SLOVAKIA [top]
Skeptical Slovaks fear price jump after euro entry
Budapest Business Journal - 05 May 2008 22:51:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Despite ECB scepticism, Commission to recommend Slovakia for euro
www.businessneweurope.eu - 30 Apr 2008 08:04:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

SLOVENIA [top]
Slovenia: Belgian KBC starts selling its 34% stake in NLB
Reporter.gr - 02 May 2008 08:13:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Four Years After Accession
The Slovenia Times - 01 May 2008 23:13:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TURKEY [top]
EU-Turkey agree on Arab gas pipeline cooperation
www.hurriyet.com.tr - 06 May 2008 10:08:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Auto companies driving toward Europe through Turkey
Budapest Business Journal - 06 May 2008 06:34:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkey files full EBRD membership application
www.todayszaman.com - 05 May 2008 23:26:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
‘Turkish, Kazakh trade should exceed $5 billion'
www.todayszaman.com - 05 May 2008 23:26:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Turkish military takes steps toward professional army
www.todayszaman.com - 05 May 2008 23:09:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Erdogan reported to be preparing new party in case of AKP closure
Southeast European Times - 05 May 2008 15:25:37 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
Turkey: TAV, Akfen to make final bids for Abu Dhabi Airport
Reporter.gr - 05 May 2008 14:35:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkey launches public private partnership
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr - 05 May 2008 08:38:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkish army says kills more than 150 PKK rebels
Reuters - 03 May 2008 17:06:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
US pressures Turkcell to abandon $1 bln deal
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr - 02 May 2008 08:36:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
TURKEY: 15% Gov't Stake in Türk Telekom to Go Public
www.seeurope.net - 30 Apr 2008 00:23:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

UKRAINE [top]
Ukraine Responded to Russia's Missile by Protest Note
kommersant.com - 06 May 2008 10:54:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Yushchenko warns Tymoshenko
forUm - 06 May 2008 00:09:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gas transit via Ukraine to Europe up 30% in January-April
Xinhua - 05 May 2008 21:23:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 64%
Tehran-Kiev trade stand at $600m
Irna - 03 May 2008 22:13:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia and the Ukraine to be connected by bridge across Kerch Strait
www.steelguru.com - 02 May 2008 05:59:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Ukrainian Govt. Campaigns for NATO
Kommersant - 30 Apr 2008 15:57:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 90%
Zubkov's Kiev Visit Promises Success
Kommersant - 29 Apr 2008 12:15:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
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