Eastern Europe – Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan agree on customs bloc (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan agree on customs bloc (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The presidents of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus reached a deal Friday to create a customs union among their three ex-Soviet states from July 1 next year.
Serb deputy fined for hurling shoe at speaker (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Serb authorities fined a right-wing lawmaker 350 euros after she hurled a shoe at parliament’s deputy speaker in a protest that echoed the infamous footwear attack on George W. Bush in Iraq.
Polish championship results and standings (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
Polish championship results and standings on Friday
Belarus government warns journalist on reports for Polish radio (EARTHtimes.org)
Minsk- Belorussian police officers warned a reporter working for Polish radio she could face imprisonment if she made further reports from the former Soviet republic. Tamara Shepetkina, a journalist employed by Radio Racyja in the eastern Belorussian…
Bulgarian championship result and standings (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
Bulgarian championship result and standings on Friday. Pirin Blagoevgrad 2 Sliven 2000 0
Turkish championship results and standings (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
Turkish championship matches results and standings on Friday
Prison drama an escape for Romanian inmates (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Men convicted of murder, drug trafficking and robbery lined up on the stage of the prestigious Bucharest theatre to be given a standing ovation.
Bulgarian referee chief blasts rough play on the pitch (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
The head of Bulgaria’s referee commission has hit back at criticism of match officials and said rough play on the pitch had boiled over in domestic games.
Strike to ground all Greek flights for four hours Friday (USA Today)
A union representing civil aviation employees has called a strike that will ground all flights in Greece for four hours on Friday.
Swedish FM discounts Greek EU veto on Macedonia (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said Friday he did not expect a Greek veto on Macedonia’s bid to join the European Union because of an 18-year-old name dispute between Athens and Skopje.
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