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ALBANIA [top]
Albania denies selling weapons to Georgia
Makfax - 26 Aug 2008 17:35:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
100.000 cancer-causing rails sold to Albania
Makfax - 26 Aug 2008 13:30:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Albania to sell oil refinery
Makfax - 25 Aug 2008 08:57:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Albania to abolish conscription by 2010
Southeast European Times - 21 Aug 2008 14:11:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

BELARUS [top]
Present parliament to consider around 40 bills during autumn session, Vadim Popov says
www.belta.by - 26 Aug 2008 17:23:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 86%
Belneftekhim: Naftan and Polymir should be incorporated by December 1, 2008
www.belta.by - 26 Aug 2008 11:30:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Rosbank established credit limits to the Belarus companies.
www.akm.ru - 26 Aug 2008 10:35:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Raiffeisen buys out EBRD share in Belarusian Priorbank
www.belta.by - 25 Aug 2008 13:13:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Trade between Belarus and Ukraine hits bln January-July 2008
www.belta.by - 22 Aug 2008 11:47:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Belarus Says It Has Talks With U.S. About Better Ties
rferl.org - 22 Aug 2008 09:46:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Belarus Opened Prisons to Please USA
kommersant.com - 22 Aug 2008 08:20:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkey studies opportunities of investing in Belarus' economy
www.belta.by - 21 Aug 2008 17:26:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA [top]
OSCE, UNDP try to shrink BiH's stockpile of surplus and illegal weapons
Southeast European Times - 25 Aug 2008 14:48:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 85%
Leaders of BiH's main parties fail to reach consensus on key issues
Southeast European Times - 24 Aug 2008 16:00:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
LAJČÁK: FBIH MUST ADDRESS CHALLENGES
fena.ba - 22 Aug 2008 10:55:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 93%

BULGARIA [top]
Short circuit causes transformer fire in Kremikovtzi
www.steelguru.com - 27 Aug 2008 02:59:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 82%
Bulgaria supports Georgia's sovereignty but not Serbia's
Serbianna - 26 Aug 2008 23:23:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Half of All Bulgaria Farming Equipment Is Obsolete
novinite.com - 26 Aug 2008 17:29:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EC Vice President arrives to Bulgaria
Radio Bulgaria - 26 Aug 2008 14:22:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bulgaria: Alu Plast plans IPO to double capacity, expand abroad
Reporter.gr - 26 Aug 2008 04:49:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Authorities of Bulgaria's Burgas, Greece's Alexandroupolis to Discuss Pipeline
novinite.com - 25 Aug 2008 15:12:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Murdoch Sells His Bulgarian Channel bTV by End of 2008
novinite.com - 24 Aug 2008 12:55:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Promising Natural Gas Deposit Discovered Close to Bulgaria's Pleven
novinite.com - 23 Aug 2008 23:46:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

CROATIA [top]
Croatia worried about Russian recognition of Abkhazia, South Ossetia
Xinhua - 26 Aug 2008 23:49:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 89%
Croatia: HBOR H1 net profit down 19.6% to HRK 74.2 M
Reporter.gr - 25 Aug 2008 13:33:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Czech, Slovak PMs support Croatia's EU entry
Serbianna - 24 Aug 2008 13:15:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EBRD extends support for Croatia's sugar industry
ebrd.com - 22 Aug 2008 16:48:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Croatia: Ericsson Nikola Tesla signs HRK 46 M deals in B&H
Reporter.gr - 21 Aug 2008 13:09:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Watchdog calls for more info on INA bid
www.upstreamonline.com - 21 Aug 2008 08:58:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Fitch affirms Croatia rating at BBB-; outlook stable
Budapest Business Journal - 21 Aug 2008 06:14:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

CZECH REPUBLIC [top]
Fight for positions erupts in Czech senior govt party ODS - press
Czech Happenings - 27 Aug 2008 08:08:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Hyundai to start Czech production 3-months early
Budapest Business Journal - 27 Aug 2008 06:00:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Czech president, PM disagree on Georgia
Czech Happenings - 26 Aug 2008 18:10:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Methanol Contamination in Czech Spirit Maker Halts Production
flex-news-food.com - 25 Aug 2008 16:06:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
'Forty Years After Prague, It's Georgia's Turn'
rferl.org - 25 Aug 2008 14:48:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
DEGI invests in Andel Palace, Prague for €57m (CZ/DE)
European real estate news - 25 Aug 2008 08:19:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Czech municipalities in radar area receive first state subsidies
Czech Happenings - 24 Aug 2008 15:24:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
NATO looks east
The Prague Post - 22 Aug 2008 16:53:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Missile defence in Europe:
The Economist - 22 Aug 2008 00:37:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 92%

ESTONIA [top]
Fitch: devaluation 'not impossible'
baltictimes.com - 26 Aug 2008 11:25:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 88%
Estonia may have violated Geneva convention
baltictimes.com - 25 Aug 2008 15:15:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
'Troop surge' strategist Fred Kagan calls for beefedup Baltic defences against Russia
telegraph.co.uk - 23 Aug 2008 18:08:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 70%
Estonia's Russian passport holders show little sign of being 5th column
www.businessneweurope.eu - 22 Aug 2008 09:05:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

HUNGARY [top]
Hungary: There's light at the end of the tunnel
Budapest Business Journal - 27 Aug 2008 06:00:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Duna-Doner to build Ft 500 mln meat-processing plant in Hungary
Budapest Business Journal - 26 Aug 2008 11:38:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
DuPont to open seed research centres in Hungary, Italy
Budapest Business Journal - 26 Aug 2008 08:17:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Hungary: Central bank leaves base rate on hold - extended
Budapest Business Journal - 26 Aug 2008 06:36:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
OTP reportedly signs preliminary agreement to acquire an Azeri bank
Budapest Business Journal - 25 Aug 2008 06:22:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gov't to partially privatize grid operator Mavir
Budapest Business Journal - 22 Aug 2008 14:02:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Hungary says Russia must withdraw from Georgia
Xinhua - 21 Aug 2008 22:41:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Hungary apologises for occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968
Czech Happenings - 21 Aug 2008 16:22:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

LATVIA [top]
International conference on airport development to be held in Riga
www.leta2000.com - 25 Aug 2008 21:50:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Latvia pulls out of joint military exercise with Russia
RIA Novosti - 25 Aug 2008 14:26:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

LITHUANIA [top]
"Re&Solution" advised leading Lithuanian property developers in sales of 30,000 sq.m logistic center in Vilnius
www.leta2000.com - 26 Aug 2008 16:47:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Refugees willing to settle in Lithuania-poll
baltictimes.com - 26 Aug 2008 11:26:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Chinese Premier meets Lithuanian prime minister
Xinhua - 23 Aug 2008 02:51:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 87%

MACEDONIA [top]
SDSM kicks off procedure to elect new leader
Makfax - 27 Aug 2008 07:50:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
TAV sole bidder in Macedonia airport sale
www.todayszaman.com - 26 Aug 2008 23:03:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Milovanovic: Macedonia has no good future without NATO
Makfax - 26 Aug 2008 17:35:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Wildfires are spreading, threatening NP "Pelister"
Makfax - 25 Aug 2008 15:05:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
PM Gruevski: Idea on name for overall international use is unacceptable
Macedonian Information Agency - 24 Aug 2008 15:40:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%

MOLDOVA [top]
Moldovan president makes press statements on meeting with Russian head of state
www.moldpres.md - 26 Aug 2008 16:31:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Moldovan journalist appeals to Strasbourg over Russia entry ban
RIA Novosti - 25 Aug 2008 13:03:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia warns Moldova against "Georgian mistake"
Reuters - 25 Aug 2008 11:05:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Moldovan main high-pressure gas pipeline to be put into operation next spring
www.moldpres.md - 22 Aug 2008 17:55:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Moldovan president meets his Romanian counterpart
www.moldpres.md - 20 Aug 2008 22:30:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MONTENEGRO [top]
Number of patients with abdominal pain in Podgorica
Makfax - 25 Aug 2008 14:04:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
3 US citizens ordered back to prison in Montenegro
Serbianna - 24 Aug 2008 13:15:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

POLAND [top]
PGNiG eyes Norway booster
www.upstreamonline.com - 27 Aug 2008 07:23:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Poland wishes Chinese to build infrastructure for Euro 2012
Xinhua - 26 Aug 2008 16:29:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Public TV to introduce subtitles instead of dubbing
Radio Polonia - 26 Aug 2008 14:56:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
U.S.-manned Patriot missile base to be set up in Poland by 2012
RIA Novosti - 26 Aug 2008 11:41:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Poland in fresh probe on CIA jail claims
EUobserver.com - 26 Aug 2008 08:52:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
U.S. to give Poland five C-130 Hercules planes
Xinhua - 25 Aug 2008 17:12:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Poland and US toast anti-Russia pact with Georgian wine
The Independent - 22 Aug 2008 21:05:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
CNN to run ad campaign promoting Poland
Radio Polonia - 22 Aug 2008 10:39:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Poland, Ukraine and the Baltics:
The Economist - 22 Aug 2008 00:37:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Anti-missile attracts fierce criticism
Radio Polonia - 21 Aug 2008 19:23:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%

ROMANIA [top]
IKEA brings 4.6m-euro profit for billionaire Puiu Popoviciu
Ziarul Financiar - 26 Aug 2008 21:34:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 94%
Societe Generale builds shopping centre in Bacau
Ziarul Financiar - 26 Aug 2008 21:34:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 51%
ING appoints Romanian CEO to the helm of insurance division
Ziarul Financiar - 26 Aug 2008 21:34:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Romania: Moscow's act regarding South Ossetia, Abhazia lacks legal ground
Xinhua - 26 Aug 2008 17:38:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Romania: Emporiki Bank H1 assets up 25% to EUR 134.7 M
Reporter.gr - 26 Aug 2008 13:31:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Petrom cut the price of Diesel oil
www.nineoclock.ro - 25 Aug 2008 21:51:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Apple iPhone 3G reached Romania
www.nineoclock.ro - 25 Aug 2008 00:50:37 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Deutsche Bahn confirms talks for Romtrans takeover
Ziarul Financiar - 24 Aug 2008 22:16:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 90%

SERBIA [top]
"Russia to maintain support for Serbia"
B92 - 27 Aug 2008 11:44:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EP: Kosovo no barrier to Serbian integration
B92 - 27 Aug 2008 07:49:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Serbia Backs For 'Internationally Recognized' States
Serbianna - 27 Aug 2008 01:39:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Serbia voices concern about developments in Caucasus
Serbianna - 26 Aug 2008 23:23:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Serbia to offer Karadzic legal help
Serbianna - 26 Aug 2008 23:23:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EU leaders condemn Russia in shadow of Kosovo
EUobserver.com - 26 Aug 2008 17:05:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 88%
Russian recognitions, and effect on Serbia
B92 - 26 Aug 2008 16:11:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Serbia receives EUR 5bn in remittances
B92 - 25 Aug 2008 16:41:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
"Russia can solve Serbia's economic issues"
B92 - 25 Aug 2008 14:08:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Karadzic to enter war crimes plea next week
CNN - 22 Aug 2008 17:06:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 95%

SLOVAKIA [top]
Slovak regulator rejects call for gas price hike
Budapest Business Journal - 27 Aug 2008 06:50:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Slovakia defends Georgia's territorial integrity
Serbianna - 26 Aug 2008 23:23:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Slovak generator launches nuclear plant tender
Budapest Business Journal - 26 Aug 2008 07:27:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Czech, Slovakia commemorate 40th anniversary of 1968 invasion
Xinhua - 21 Aug 2008 23:49:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Slovak mint starts production of euro coins
EUobserver.com - 20 Aug 2008 08:22:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

SLOVENIA [top]
The Longest Tunnel in History
The Slovenia Times - 26 Aug 2008 01:37:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
The British Interested in NLB
The Slovenia Times - 26 Aug 2008 01:37:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Slovenia: Zito H1 net profit at EUR 872k; Above estimates
Reporter.gr - 22 Aug 2008 11:17:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Election Campaign Starts Today
The Slovenia Times - 22 Aug 2008 00:21:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TURKEY [top]
21 killed in clashes in Turkey
www.todayszaman.com - 27 Aug 2008 09:44:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Insurance giant off to a fresh start
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr - 27 Aug 2008 08:31:47 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Turkey imported 10 million tonne of scrap in H1
www.steelguru.com - 27 Aug 2008 02:54:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkey concerned over Russian decision
www.todayszaman.com - 26 Aug 2008 23:14:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Perfect Wind to invest in Turkish energy
www.todayszaman.com - 26 Aug 2008 23:04:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Lehman Brothers: Turkish economy proves resistant
www.todayszaman.com - 26 Aug 2008 23:03:43 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
FT: Turkey gets fund boost as crises ebb
www.todayszaman.com - 26 Aug 2008 23:03:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkey still a magnet for private equity funds
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr - 26 Aug 2008 08:10:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkish capital markets pour $24 bln into economy since 2004
Xinhua - 26 Aug 2008 07:57:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkey's real wealth lies beneath the ground
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr - 25 Aug 2008 08:42:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

UKRAINE [top]
Cold War fears
BBC - 27 Aug 2008 11:31:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 78%
Russia, Ukraine continuing nuclear talks
rbcnews.com - 27 Aug 2008 06:45:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Ukrainian diplomatic delegation cancels visit to Moscow
ITAR-TASS - 26 Aug 2008 19:23:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Black Sea Turned into North-Atlantic Sea
kommersant.com - 26 Aug 2008 13:39:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 18%
EU told it must commit to Ukraine
finchannel.com - 26 Aug 2008 12:16:24 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian Missile Cruiser Moscow Leaves Sevastopol
ukranews.com - 26 Aug 2008 09:53:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia's Foreign Ministry Threatens to Impose Visa Regime on Ukraine
kommersant.com - 25 Aug 2008 16:09:42 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Cheney to visit Georgia and Ukraine
Reuters - 25 Aug 2008 12:46:38 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian actions reignite tensions over strategic port in Ukraine
International Herald Tribune - 25 Aug 2008 04:32:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Ukraine leader makes NATO bid on Independence Day
Reuters - 24 Aug 2008 11:20:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
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