Nov
28

Eastern Europe – Slovak championship results and standings (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)

Slovak championship results and standings (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
Slovak championship results and standings on Saturday Dukla Banska Bystrica 2 DAC Dunajska Streda 0 FK Senica 2 MFK Kosice 2 Zilina 2 MFK Petrzalka 0 Slovan Bratislava 3 Tatran Presov 1 Spartak Trnava 3 Ruzomberok 1

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.

Greek championship results and standings (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
Greek championship results on Saturday. AEK Athens 1 PAOK Salonika 0 Asteras Tripolis 0 Xanthi 0 Iraklis 0 Ergotelis 2

Greek Football Results (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Results from the Greek football league after Sunday’s games (home teams listed first): Saturday’s Games Asteras 0, Xanthi 0 Iraklis 0, Ergotelis 2 AEK Athens 1, PAOK 0 Sunday’s Games Larissa vs. Kavala Panthrakikos vs. Levadiakos Aris vs. Panionios Atromitos vs. Giannena Olympiakos vs. Panathinaikos

Czech championship results and standings (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
Czech championship results and standings on Saturday. Slovacko 1 Jablonec 1 Bohemians 1905 0 Sparta Prague 2 Marila Pribram 3 Kladno 2 Slovan Liberec 3 Mlada Boleslav 0

Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan agree to customs union (Taipei Times)
Russia signed a deal on Friday to form a customs union with former Soviet neighbors Kazakhstan and Belarus. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev invited other former Soviet nations to join the union, hailing it as a new stage in our cooperation.

Stepanek and Berdych lead Czech Davis Cup final bid (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Radek Stepanek and Tomas Berdych will spearhead the Czech Republic’s bid for Davis Cup glory when they face Spain in next week’s final, team cheif Jaroslav Navratil said Saturday.

Bulgarian championship results and standings (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
Bulgarian championship results and standings on Saturday Cherno More Varna 0 CSKA Sofia 0 Levski Sofia 3 FK Montana 1 Lokomotiv Mezdra 2 Botev Plovdiv 2 Sportist Svoge 0 Minyor Pernik 1

Ukrainian championship results and standings (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
Ukrainian championship results and standings on Saturday. Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2 Vorskla Poltava 2 Shakhtar Donetsk 3 Tavria Simferopol 0 Karpaty Lviv 2 Illichevets Mariupol 2 Zakarpattya Uzhgorod 3 Kryvbas Kriviy Rih 0

Turkish 2010 iron and exports to reach $6 bln -group (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
ISTANBUL, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Turkish exporters of iron and non-ferrous metals said on Saturday they expect overseas sales to return to 2007 levels next year after falling by a third in the first 10 months of 2009 amid the global economic slowdown.