Gen. Nicolae Plesita, Ran Romania s Spy Servic, Dies at 80 (New York Times)
General Plesita was the ruthless chief of the Securitate secret police who arranged shelter in Romania for the terrorist Carlos the Jackal.
APK-Inform to complete polling of Ukrainian agricultural enterprises within the study Ukraine: sowing campaign-2009/10 (AgriMarket)
APK-Inform Agency has completed the polling of middle-sized and large agricultural enterprises of Ukraine within the bounds of the multi-client study Ukraine: sowing campaign-2010. Forecast of harvests of main agricultural crops in Ukraine in 2010 , provided by our agency.
Hungary join Slovakia with last-gasp win (UEFA News)
Hosts Hungary and Slovakia won through from UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round Group 11 ahead of Luxembourg, whose draw with the home nation keeps them in contention themselves.
Slovenia lifts veto on Croatia’s EU talks (EurActiv)
Croatia will open six and close five negotiating chapters with the EU next Friday (2 October), following a vote in the Slovenian parliament to unblock negotiations which had been put on ice over a border dispute between the two former Yugoslav republics.
Bulgaria Ethnic Turkish DPS: Hate Triggered Set up of Muslim Party (Novinite.com)
Hate is the reason for the advent of the Muslin Democratic Union, the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) declared Wednesday. The declaration was read to the Members of the Parliament (MPs) by the DPS MP, Lyutvi Mestan, who said the events in Slavyanovo (the village where the party was founded) are the flip side of nationalism, and the language of hate, which until 2001 were …
Head of Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church: reports of oppression of Orthodox believers in western Ukraine groundless (KYIV Post)
Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church Cardinal Lubomyr Guzar has said that accusations from representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church of oppression of Orthodox believers in western Ukraine by the Greek-Catholic Church are groundless.
Greek shipping company to pay $2.7M fine (AP via Yahoo! News)
A Greek shipping company has pleaded guilty in a New Orleans court to violating federal anti-pollution laws and agreed to pay a $2.7 million fine.
NBG to launch ETF on Greek-Turkish stock index (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
ATHENS, Sept 30 (Reuters) – NBG Asset Management, a unit of Greece’s National Bank , will launch an exchange traded fund (ETF) to track the new Greek-Turkish stock index (GT 30), the Athens bourse said on Wednesday.
Bulgaria Ethnic Turkish DPS: Hate Triggered Set up of Muslim Party (Novinite.com)
The ethnic Turksih MP, Luytvi Mestan, told the Bulgarian Parliament his DPS party was not in any way behind the founding of the new “Muslim Democratic Union.”
Slovenia: Serb president in ‘historic’ visit (Adnkronos)
Slovenia: Serb president in ‘historic’ visit (AKI) Serbian president Boris Tadic ended on Wednesday what he termed an “historic visit” to Slovenia. He and his Slovenian colleague Danilo Turk heralded a new era in relations between the two former Yugoslav republics.Tadic and Turk opened a Serbian business club in Ljubljana which should promote trade and economic cooperation. He also signed an …
