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ALBANIA [top]
Albania's army chief of staff sacked over deadly blast
Xinhua - 16 Jun 2008 21:02:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 85%
Albania's Berisha responds to corruption charges
Southeast European Times - 16 Jun 2008 14:26:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Albania's main opposition leaves parliament over Supreme Court row
Southeast European Times - 13 Jun 2008 14:47:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Albania: EBRD, EIB grant EUR 40 M loan to Durres port
Reporter.gr - 11 Jun 2008 15:30:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Albania: U.S.-Swiss consortium buys ARMO for EUR 125 M
Reporter.gr - 10 Jun 2008 16:13:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

BELARUS [top]
Analysis: Belarusian Television Airs Anti-U.S., Anti-Opposition Propaganda Series
rferl.org - 15 Jun 2008 14:31:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 87%
Alexander Lukashenko to Take His ODIHR Test
kommersant.com - 11 Jun 2008 04:12:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Identity for What?
kommersant.com - 11 Jun 2008 04:12:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 90%
Belarus hopes to get 2-billion-dollar loan from Russia
ITAR-TASS - 10 Jun 2008 11:49:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA [top]
Bosnia signs EU pre-accession deal
EUobserver.com - 17 Jun 2008 06:57:37 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Hungary backs Bosnia and Herzegovina's for EU and NATO membership
Budapest Business Journal - 13 Jun 2008 07:19:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Interview: SAA will launch BiH to new stage of EU integration
Southeast European Times - 12 Jun 2008 14:55:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
EU envoys urge BiH government to speed up rule of law, state property reforms
Southeast European Times - 11 Jun 2008 15:02:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 90%

BULGARIA [top]
Bulgaria Stock Exchange Begins Using New Platform
novinite.com - 16 Jun 2008 14:08:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Colliers International signs deal with Riofisa for two of the largest retail centers in Bulgaria (BG)
European real estate news - 16 Jun 2008 08:58:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
BULGARIA: Potential Buyers Compete to Run Troubled Steel Maker Kremikovtzi
www.seeurope.net - 16 Jun 2008 08:35:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
BULGARIA: Bulgarian Inflation at 10-yr Peak in May
www.seeurope.net - 13 Jun 2008 14:57:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
BULGARIA: German Retailer Metro to Invest BGN 150 mln in Bulgaria
www.seeurope.net - 13 Jun 2008 14:20:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Greece, Bulgaria, Romania: Gaz de France eyes gas projects in CEE
Reporter.gr - 13 Jun 2008 11:46:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
BULGARIA: 3 Co's Keen to Advise Launch of State Energy Holding
www.seeurope.net - 13 Jun 2008 00:06:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Metinvest to invest USD 1.5 billion in Promet in Bulgaria
www.steelguru.com - 11 Jun 2008 01:50:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

CROATIA [top]
CROATIA: Croatian-EU Negotiations on Social Policy and Employment Begin
www.seeurope.net - 16 Jun 2008 08:35:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Croatia hopes Ireland's rejection of Lisbon Treaty won't affect EU enlargement
Southeast European Times - 15 Jun 2008 15:38:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Croatia: Dalekovod expects HRK 2 B sales in '08
Reporter.gr - 13 Jun 2008 10:19:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Croatia: INA to invest USD 1.1 B on oil refinery modernization
Reporter.gr - 12 Jun 2008 13:15:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Croatian TV prepares for Pink
www.businessneweurope.eu - 12 Jun 2008 08:51:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkey and Croatia agree to improve dialogue
www.hurriyet.com.tr - 11 Jun 2008 13:40:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

CZECH REPUBLIC [top]
Kerimov Offloads 68% of Polymetal
TheMoscowTimes.com - 17 Jun 2008 00:29:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
U.S. experts visit planned radar base in Czech Republic
Czech Happenings - 16 Jun 2008 18:59:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Czech brewer Budvar sends first exports to China since court rulingagainst Anheuser-Busch
Interfax - 16 Jun 2008 14:31:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
RWE Innogy takes over Czech wind projects
www.steelguru.com - 16 Jun 2008 02:21:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Czech president says EU Treaty is over
telegraph.co.uk - 14 Jun 2008 09:56:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Italian aircraft maker complains to EC about Czech govt
Czech Happenings - 10 Jun 2008 12:25:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

ESTONIA [top]
ArcelorMittal acquires Galvex in Estonia
www.steelguru.com - 13 Jun 2008 02:26:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Finland and Estonia ratify EU treaty before Irish vote
International Herald Tribune - 11 Jun 2008 16:23:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

HUNGARY [top]
Program expected to boost venture capital investments in Hungary
Budapest Business Journal - 17 Jun 2008 06:21:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Budapest Stock Exchange chairman resigns
Budapest Business Journal - 16 Jun 2008 13:58:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Hungarian opposition leader calls for early elections
Budapest Business Journal - 13 Jun 2008 08:09:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Emfesz launches retail gas sales
Budapest Business Journal - 13 Jun 2008 07:19:50 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 95%
EU sets date for MOL/OMV ruling
www.upstreamonline.com - 12 Jun 2008 12:56:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 90%
IMF welcomes smaller deficits, but warns Hungary
Budapest Business Journal - 11 Jun 2008 07:49:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

LATVIA [top]
German-Baltic Chamber of Commerce says macroeconomic imbalances and labor shortage affect business climate for German companies in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, but business expectations remain positive
www.leta2000.com - 16 Jun 2008 19:53:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Latvia Sees Risk in Russian Investment
kommersant.com - 16 Jun 2008 13:00:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Parex Asset Management registers Russian equity fund in Germany
www.leta2000.com - 13 Jun 2008 06:13:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

LITHUANIA [top]
Accident paralyzes Baltic states' only oil refinery - company
portnews.ru - 17 Jun 2008 07:21:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Foreign Ministers of Bulgaria and Lithuania discuss cooperation in Sofia
Radio Bulgaria - 10 Jun 2008 15:32:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MACEDONIA [top]
Vote monitors praise rerun in Macedonia
International Herald Tribune - 16 Jun 2008 21:44:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EU ministers feud over Macedonia entry
Makfax - 16 Jun 2008 18:25:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
DUI beats DPA in Macedonian revote
Southeast European Times - 16 Jun 2008 14:26:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Macedonia increases security to avoid voting violence
International Herald Tribune - 15 Jun 2008 19:20:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Nimetz: Macedonia and Greece make efforts to settle name dispute in spirit of good will
Macedonian Information Agency - 12 Jun 2008 18:33:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MOLDOVA [top]
Moldovan president meets secretary general of Regional Cooperation Council
www.moldpres.md - 16 Jun 2008 15:31:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Moldova and Turkey to increase bilateral trade
www.moldpres.md - 13 Jun 2008 19:21:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MONTENEGRO [top]
Southeast European states to strengthen co-op
Xinhua - 13 Jun 2008 21:45:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 84%
Croatia: Agrokor buys Montenegrin Trgopres for EUR 1.5 M
Reporter.gr - 12 Jun 2008 20:56:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
China seeks further cooperation with Montenegro
Serbianna - 12 Jun 2008 12:09:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Montenegro cautious regarding Kosovo's independence
Southeast European Times - 10 Jun 2008 15:08:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

POLAND [top]
Poland's 'Eastern Partnership' set for summit approval
EUobserver.com - 17 Jun 2008 09:01:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Polish, German PMs discuss EU situation
Xinhua - 16 Jun 2008 21:02:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 95%
Electrolux may invest in Poland
Budapest Business Journal - 16 Jun 2008 13:57:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Walesa was Communist spy, claims book
telegraph.co.uk - 14 Jun 2008 00:45:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 88%
EU threatens Poland shipyards
Guardian - 13 Jun 2008 23:32:37 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
OECD report shows growth in excess of 6% of Poland's GDP
Radio Polonia - 12 Jun 2008 18:36:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
RWE and Kompania Weglowa to build coal fired plant
www.steelguru.com - 12 Jun 2008 17:33:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

ROMANIA [top]
ROMANIA: Second Round of Local Elections Marked by Absenteeism
www.seeurope.net - 16 Jun 2008 14:47:37 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Romanian property investment climate remains strong (RO)
European real estate news - 16 Jun 2008 11:34:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
ROMANIA: Romania – a Sound Potential for Investors Depending on the Risk Tolerance Degree
www.seeurope.net - 16 Jun 2008 09:13:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
ROMANIA: EC Tells Romania to Continue Budget Consolidation, Structural Reforms
www.seeurope.net - 16 Jun 2008 08:35:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Exit poll shows leftist candidate to become mayor of Bucharest
Xinhua - 16 Jun 2008 03:02:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Romania, ROMANIA: Europe's Sixth Country in Terms of Foreign Investment Projects in 2007
www.seeurope.net - 13 Jun 2008 09:23:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
MOL reluctant to give away Romanian plans
Budapest Business Journal - 12 Jun 2008 06:45:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Romania launches eurobonds after 5 years
Ziarul Financiar - 11 Jun 2008 22:23:50 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

SERBIA [top]
Serbia to sell aviation maintenance firm
news.moneycentral.msn.com - 16 Jun 2008 19:09:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Tensions simmer as Kosovo's constitution goes into effect
Southeast European Times - 16 Jun 2008 14:26:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 84%
FUNDS: Erste Sparinvest favours Serbia, Russia
www.businessneweurope.eu - 16 Jun 2008 09:48:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kosovo Serbs to set up assembly
BBC - 15 Jun 2008 17:42:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
Kosovo's new constitution in place amid deep divisions
International Herald Tribune - 15 Jun 2008 10:06:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 79%
Serbian minister says JAT Airways to be sold
news.moneycentral.msn.com - 13 Jun 2008 16:59:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Serb central bank keeps rate on hold
Serbianna - 12 Jun 2008 20:54:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Real estate prices in Belgrade suburb booming
B92 - 12 Jun 2008 18:18:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Ambitious EU plan for Kosovo angers Russians
Guardian - 12 Jun 2008 15:29:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 85%
Serbia's new parliament holds first session
Serbianna - 12 Jun 2008 12:09:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

SLOVAKIA [top]
Visegrád heads discuss Lisbon collapse
Budapest Business Journal - 17 Jun 2008 06:21:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 87%
Slovak to reinforce military presence in Afghanistan
Xinhua - 11 Jun 2008 16:06:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

SLOVENIA [top]
Slovenian president sets general elections for September
Xinhua - 16 Jun 2008 23:43:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Slovenia: Zavarovalnica Triglav to raise cap by up to EUR 300 M
Reporter.gr - 14 Jun 2008 02:14:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
New Giant Mall in Ljubljana
The Slovenia Times - 13 Jun 2008 00:16:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Slovenia: Gorenje buys Dutch ATAG Europe for EUR 130 M
Reporter.gr - 12 Jun 2008 08:04:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bush Praises Slovenia
The Slovenia Times - 11 Jun 2008 04:23:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom Will Cross Slovenia
The Slovenia Times - 11 Jun 2008 04:23:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Chinese, Slovenian FMs hail smooth development of bilateral relations
Xinhua - 10 Jun 2008 15:45:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TURKEY [top]
Turkey "neutralizes" PKK group in northern Iraq
Reuters - 17 Jun 2008 07:52:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
ArcelorMittal stake in Erdemir reaches 24.989%
www.steelguru.com - 17 Jun 2008 02:06:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EU to relax restrictions on Turkish Cyprus
International Herald Tribune - 16 Jun 2008 21:44:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkish governing party challenges 'anti-secular' charge
International Herald Tribune - 16 Jun 2008 21:44:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Second round of Syrian-Israeli indirect peace talksconcluded in Turkey
Xinhua - 16 Jun 2008 15:43:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkey draws $21.9 billion FDI in 2007
www.hurriyet.com.tr - 14 Jun 2008 08:01:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkey, Syria eye nuclear energy cooperation: agency
Reuters - 13 Jun 2008 14:09:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkey needs €10 billion to catch up with European telecommunication
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr - 13 Jun 2008 09:17:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Details revealed on highway privatization
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr - 13 Jun 2008 08:26:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 60%
COMMENT: Turkey's accession to the EU - a matter of conviction?
www.businessneweurope.eu - 13 Jun 2008 06:24:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Beyond the veil
The Economist - 12 Jun 2008 22:08:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Turkey to ratify Kyoto Protocol
www.thenewanatolian.com - 11 Jun 2008 17:06:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

UKRAINE [top]
Ukraine Proves It's Committed to the Alliance
kommersant.com - 17 Jun 2008 10:19:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Ukraine Will Hold Referendum on NATO
kommersant.com - 17 Jun 2008 01:03:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
NATO chief vows support for Ukraine's membership bid
International Herald Tribune - 16 Jun 2008 13:49:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia tells Ukraine: stop Black Sea oil drilling
Budapest Business Journal - 16 Jun 2008 06:34:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Ukrainian Gas Group In London Float
www.neftegaz.ru - 16 Jun 2008 06:07:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 85%
Ukrainian gas group in London float
FT.com - 15 Jun 2008 22:59:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 52%
Ukraine to take part in NATO Response Force
RIA Novosti - 13 Jun 2008 13:52:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Mr Zhevago to be the new owner of CSKA
www.steelguru.com - 13 Jun 2008 10:58:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 85%
Ukraine forecast 36% increase in coal prices in 2008
www.steelguru.com - 12 Jun 2008 23:50:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
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