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ALBANIA [top]
Slovene Telekom buys Albanian telecoms operator
Budapest Business Journal - 02 Jun 2008 06:45:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Cyprus ratifies Albania's SAA with EU
Southeast European Times - 01 Jun 2008 14:03:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
US diplomat says Albania remains base for human trafficking
Southeast European Times - 28 May 2008 14:30:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Albania Winning Battle With Organised Crime Claims Minister
Serbianna - 27 May 2008 22:20:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Albanian anti-corruption panel to audit 152 officials
Southeast European Times - 27 May 2008 14:38:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

BELARUS [top]
Embassy of Hungary to open in Minsk June 3
www.belta.by - 02 Jun 2008 09:52:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 94%
Belarus' stock market will appear by 2010, Sergei Sidorsky says
www.belta.by - 30 May 2008 18:12:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Israeli Fishman Group to invest nearly billion in Belarus within 5-6 years
www.belta.by - 30 May 2008 15:22:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Minsk: For a Change of Pace
Moscow News - 30 May 2008 14:41:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 75%
Belarus holds U.S. lawyer over drugs
MSNBC - 28 May 2008 19:21:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Talks on Belarus' WTO accession start in Geneva
www.belta.by - 27 May 2008 17:09:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA [top]
Karadzic Raid Leads To Bosnian Office Of Law Prof
Serbianna - 31 May 2008 11:35:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Selling Information About Mass Graves
rferl.org - 31 May 2008 11:05:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Cops: Bosnian kills 6 relatives in rampage
MSNBC - 29 May 2008 14:24:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bosnian police arrested for getting fake IDs to criminals
Serbianna - 29 May 2008 00:35:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bosnia says to sign first EU pact on June 16
www.todayszaman.com - 27 May 2008 23:17:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Corrupt Privatization Cost Bosnia EUR250 Million
Serbianna - 27 May 2008 22:20:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
BRANKOVIC CLAIMS THAT FBIH IS A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
fena.ba - 27 May 2008 15:28:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%

BULGARIA [top]
New Highway to Be Constructed in Bulgaria's Rhodope Mountains
novinite.com - 02 Jun 2008 14:25:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bulgaria Busts Chechen Crime Group
TheMoscowTimes.com - 01 Jun 2008 21:34:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bulgaria Foreign Minister Proposes Daimler to Outsource Parts Production
novinite.com - 30 May 2008 16:43:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
BULGARIA: Move to Cut Business Start-up Costs to Meet With Resistance in Parliament
www.seeurope.net - 30 May 2008 13:54:37 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bulgaria may lose EU funds over organised crime
EUobserver.com - 30 May 2008 07:47:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Darik Acquires Biggest Bulgarian Legal Internet Site
novinite.com - 29 May 2008 17:29:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
BULGARIA: Candidates for Belene Nuclear Stake Given 20-day Bid Deadline Extension
www.seeurope.net - 29 May 2008 08:37:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Head of Bulgaria's customs agency resigns
Southeast European Times - 28 May 2008 14:31:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
M3 Communications Launches Bulgaria's Facebook DotBulgaria
novinite.com - 27 May 2008 15:31:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Frattini doesn't anticipate harsh EC measures against Bulgaria
Southeast European Times - 27 May 2008 14:38:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

CROATIA [top]
60,000 attend Croatian Nazi singer concert
Serbianna - 31 May 2008 11:35:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Croatia jails general for 7 years over war crimes
www.todayszaman.com - 30 May 2008 23:09:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Croatian Minister Thanks For Turkey's Support To Nato Membership
www.turkishpress.com - 29 May 2008 12:50:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Croatia: Ericsson Nikola Tesla inks HRK 4.5 M deals in Moldova, Belarus
Reporter.gr - 28 May 2008 12:18:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Croatia protests over Jeremić address
B92 - 28 May 2008 08:14:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

CZECH REPUBLIC [top]
Czech opponents of U.S. radar to end hunger strike at midnight
Czech Happenings - 02 Jun 2008 14:43:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
UGMK buys into Czech aircraft manufacturer
rbcnews.com - 02 Jun 2008 10:44:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Czech government should stop talks on radar - Social Democrats
Czech Happenings - 01 Jun 2008 15:01:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Skoda: no more jokes
Times Online - 31 May 2008 20:53:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Zeman may run for Czech president
Czech Happenings - 31 May 2008 12:56:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Czech president says missile shield not Russia's business
RIA Novosti - 30 May 2008 15:22:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Czechs formally recognize Kosovo
The Prague Post - 29 May 2008 18:05:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Czech gov't approves aid in return for Volkswagen investment
Budapest Business Journal - 29 May 2008 08:34:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Czech coal miner NWR net profit seen up 450% y/y in Q1 on rising coal,coking prices - analyst
Interfax - 28 May 2008 08:13:50 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Anniversary of Heydrich's assassination marked by unveiling of first monument on site
Radio Prague - 27 May 2008 15:26:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

ESTONIA [top]
Baltic states on course for hard landing
FT.com - 30 May 2008 04:18:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Estonia to lift tax on cattle methane emissions
RIA Novosti - 29 May 2008 17:05:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Carslberg to Buy Out Estonian Brewer Saku
flex-news-food.com - 29 May 2008 08:29:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Estonia's Premia Tallinna Kulmhoone Buys Russia's Oldest Ice Cream Maker Hladokombinat No. 1
flex-news-food.com - 27 May 2008 09:24:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

HUNGARY [top]
Hungary gives green light to stationing NATO forces on its soil
Xinhua - 02 Jun 2008 19:45:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Hungary's envoy for Nabucco says Budapest is committed to the project
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr - 02 Jun 2008 09:03:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Hungarian Carrier Not in State Sights
TheMoscowTimes.com - 01 Jun 2008 21:32:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Hungary's MOL, Croatia in talks on INA share swap
Budapest Business Journal - 30 May 2008 12:25:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
City: 2009 CPI target "becoming out of reach"
Budapest Business Journal - 28 May 2008 06:20:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
GYSEV AGM decides to launch Ft 47.5 bln development project
Budapest Business Journal - 28 May 2008 06:20:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
MOL eyes Libyan expansion
www.upstreamonline.com - 27 May 2008 10:20:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

LATVIA [top]
Economic crisis coming
baltictimes.com - 30 May 2008 22:40:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 88%
Belarus, Latvia to complete border demarcation in 2008
www.belta.by - 30 May 2008 11:25:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Playboy comes to the Baltics
baltictimes.com - 27 May 2008 17:48:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 94%

LITHUANIA [top]
Lithuania Signals Firm Stance on EU-Russia Talks
TheMoscowTimes.com - 01 Jun 2008 21:33:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uneasy partnership
The Economist - 30 May 2008 00:28:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 93%
UNDUE INFLUENCE
baltictimes.com - 29 May 2008 00:29:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%

MACEDONIA [top]
EU enlargement commissioner regrets violence in Macedonia
Xinhua - 02 Jun 2008 16:23:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
First early elections in Macedonia-European principles and norms test
Radio Bulgaria - 02 Jun 2008 16:18:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Violence seriously breached voting process, international monitors' preliminary assessment
Macedonian Information Agency - 02 Jun 2008 15:31:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 91%
Western press: Elections - heavy blow to Macedonia's EU, NATO bid
Makfax - 02 Jun 2008 15:11:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gruevski savors big win in Macedonian vote
Southeast European Times - 02 Jun 2008 15:00:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Macedonia's prime minister declares victory
MSNBC - 02 Jun 2008 02:10:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
One shot dead and nine wounded as violence mars Macedonian polls
The Independent - 02 Jun 2008 02:03:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Risks associated with oil pipeline outweigh benefit
Makfax - 29 May 2008 13:21:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MOLDOVA [top]
Moldovan president's discussions with his Russian counterpart to focus on Transnistrian problem
www.moldpres.md - 31 May 2008 12:53:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Moldova: Back In The Kremlin's Shadow
rferl.org - 31 May 2008 12:45:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EU appreciates Moldova's achievements in Moldova-EU Action Plan, president says
www.moldpres.md - 29 May 2008 18:52:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MONTENEGRO [top]
Croatian Agrokor buys Montenegrin Stampa for EUR 1.1 M
Reporter.gr - 02 Jun 2008 15:57:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Montenegro receives EU road map for visa-free travel
Southeast European Times - 30 May 2008 14:17:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Serbian ambassador calls for better relations with Podgorica
B92 - 30 May 2008 10:24:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Montenegro to wait until autumn to submit EU candidate application
Southeast European Times - 28 May 2008 14:31:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Montenegro To Impose Tax On Foreign Drivers
Serbianna - 27 May 2008 22:20:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

POLAND [top]
Poland wants to fully privatize all 4 power groups
Budapest Business Journal - 02 Jun 2008 13:19:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Polish shipyards v. European Commission
Radio Polonia - 31 May 2008 03:59:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
New book to suggest Lech Walesa was a communist informer
Radio Polonia - 31 May 2008 03:59:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
France opens job market to Poles
Radio Polonia - 29 May 2008 16:25:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
Warsaw and New Delhi talk business
Radio Polonia - 28 May 2008 18:21:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Military bombs explode at armed forces base in Poland
RIA Novosti - 27 May 2008 17:26:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EU: Poland, Sweden Breathe New Life Into Eastern Neighborhood
rferl.org - 27 May 2008 13:31:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

ROMANIA [top]
Low turnout in Romania's local elections
Southeast European Times - 02 Jun 2008 15:00:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
ROMANIA: MEPs to Discuss With the Romanians Discontent over the Car Tax
www.seeurope.net - 02 Jun 2008 09:51:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Party leaders optimistic about election results
www.nineoclock.ro - 02 Jun 2008 01:06:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Romania, included by Moody's within the ‘danger area'
www.nineoclock.ro - 29 May 2008 22:26:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Innova Capital wants to step up operations in Romania
Ziarul Financiar - 29 May 2008 21:31:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
PRESS: Portuguese energy firm Eviva Energy to build 50MW wind powerprojects in Romania
Interfax - 29 May 2008 09:26:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Two dead in Romania chemical plant explosion
Serbianna - 27 May 2008 22:20:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
The foreign crisis – an opportunity or mischance for Romania?
www.nineoclock.ro - 27 May 2008 19:37:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

SERBIA [top]
Serbia's Jeremic raises Kosovo issue at OAS summit in Colombia
Southeast European Times - 02 Jun 2008 15:00:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Expert: Changes to SAA bad for Serbia
B92 - 02 Jun 2008 13:00:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Radicals announce protests in Belgrade
B92 - 01 Jun 2008 16:23:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Feith says Serbia has no right to veto changes in Kosovo
Southeast European Times - 01 Jun 2008 14:02:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kostunica warns of crisis of power
Serbianna - 31 May 2008 11:35:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Victims families' outrage at plans to free RTS boss
B92 - 31 May 2008 10:49:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 92%
Economist: EU runs into roadblocks in Kosovo
B92 - 31 May 2008 08:14:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Serbia: Gazprom to sign NIS acquisition deal by end-summer - official
Reporter.gr - 30 May 2008 17:35:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Divided rule
The Economist - 30 May 2008 00:28:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Radical Party member becomes Belgrade mayor in coalition deal
Southeast European Times - 29 May 2008 16:34:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Serbia lists 7 potential advisors for telcom IPO
Serbianna - 27 May 2008 22:20:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

SLOVAKIA [top]
Group's bear care centre proposal
BBC - 01 Jun 2008 10:02:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 90%
Revaluation of Slovak crown parity has no impact on Slovakia's sovereigncredit ratings - S & P
Interfax - 29 May 2008 15:03:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

SLOVENIA [top]
Ljubljana Process Launched
The Slovenia Times - 01 Jun 2008 21:05:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Slovenian city wins bid for 2013 Winter Universiade
Xinhua - 01 Jun 2008 13:02:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Slovenia: Pozavarovalnica Sava extends IPO deadline
Reporter.gr - 28 May 2008 21:06:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Call for boosting Iran-Slovenia ties
Irna - 27 May 2008 14:29:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TURKEY [top]
Turkish gov't decides to approve Kyoto Protocol
Xinhua - 02 Jun 2008 15:46:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkish police reject claims of indiscriminate wire-tapping
www.hurriyet.com.tr - 02 Jun 2008 09:45:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Warning on 'impending earthquake'
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr - 02 Jun 2008 08:44:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkey private equity moves boost BC plan for Migros
FT.com - 02 Jun 2008 03:56:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Boydak Holding considers expanding into Russia
www.todayszaman.com - 01 Jun 2008 23:45:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Iran-Turkey pipeline repaired
Irna - 31 May 2008 21:53:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakh oil to flow into Turkey after historic deal
www.todayszaman.com - 30 May 2008 23:22:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkish fishermen ram Greenpeace ship
MSNBC - 30 May 2008 19:35:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia suspends Turkish agricultural imports from June 7
RIA Novosti - 30 May 2008 16:37:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Major Black Sea oil spill threatens Turkey
www.hurriyet.com.tr - 30 May 2008 10:41:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Double standards cut public support for EU in Turkey
www.hurriyet.com.tr - 29 May 2008 14:27:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Sportingbet executives detained in Turkey
Times Online - 29 May 2008 12:42:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Crisis sweeps $50 billion from Turkish banks
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr - 29 May 2008 08:30:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
US asks Turkey to join intelligence-sharing network
www.todayszaman.com - 28 May 2008 23:15:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkey calls for good behaviour from France
EUobserver.com - 28 May 2008 16:04:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

UKRAINE [top]
Ukraine's natural gas transit up 26% in first five months of 2008
RIA Novosti - 02 Jun 2008 16:25:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Death toll in east Ukraine blast rises to nine
RIA Novosti - 02 Jun 2008 10:50:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
President to veto Land Code modifying law
forUm - 02 Jun 2008 08:20:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EU steel import quotas for Ukraine cancelled
www.steelguru.com - 02 Jun 2008 03:23:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Ukraine Orders Vanco Black Sea Deal Revived
TheMoscowTimes.com - 01 Jun 2008 21:33:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Interpipe secures major loan for funding steel expansion
www.steelguru.com - 31 May 2008 02:38:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
President: There will no early parliamentary elections
forUm - 30 May 2008 12:05:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kremlin And Kiev To Meet
TheMoscowTimes.com - 30 May 2008 00:30:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
A political soap-opera, continued
The Economist - 30 May 2008 00:28:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Sarkozy to seek eventual EU membership for Ukraine
www.hurriyet.com.tr - 28 May 2008 12:53:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Ukraine says Russian WTO membership is in Kiev's interests
RIA Novosti - 28 May 2008 12:37:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
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