AU Optronics to Get EU38 Million in Aid for Slovak LCD Plant (Bloomberg)
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) — AU Optronics Corp., the world s third-largest liquid-crystal display maker, will receive 38.3 million euros ($57.8 million) in state aid from Slovakia to build a factory in the eastern European country.
Moldova’s power station resumes electricity supplies to Romania (Moldova.org)
Moldavian Power Plant, located in the Transnistrian region and belonging to Russian company Inter RAO UES , has resumed interrupted export of electricity to Romania, said Ministry of Economy of Moldova. According to the ministry, the supply of electricity to Romania was resumed by the station due to increase in electricity demand on the Romanian market. So far the volume of supplies of …
Moldovan Government switches to ‘Romanian’ language on websites (Moldova.org)
In a sign of growing rapprochement with neighboring EU-member Romania, Moldova’s government has changed the language signs on all of its websites from “Moldovan” (MD) to “Romanian” (RO), RFE/RL’s Moldovan Service reports. The Moldovan Constitution states that the official language of the country is “Moldovan,” although most linguists say the language spoken in Moldova does not differ enough …
Language not a barrier to Serb-Albanian match (Dawn)
Albanian bride Diana Isufi and her Serbian groom Vidan Mitrovic make a toast during their wedding ceremony in Shkodra. Despite tense relations over the newly-independent Kosovo, rural Serbian men value Albanian wives for their strong family values.
Dell unloads Polish manufacturing plant (AP via Yahoo! News)
Computer maker Dell Inc. said Wednesday it will transfer its manufacturing plant in Lodz, Poland, to Foxconn Technology Group for undisclosed terms.
Davis Cup finalists Spain and Czech Republic (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
Dec 2 – Factbox on Spain and the Czech Republic, who will contest the Davis Cup final in Barcelona from Friday to Sunday.
Marry me? Language not a barrier to Serb-Albanian match (AFP via Yahoo! News)
“I love you’s” scribbled on their hands in a language they don’t understand, Vidan and Djana pledge themselves in marriage and commit to a new life together.
Slovak, Croatian presidents meet to discuss cooperation (People’s Daily)
- Slovakia and Croatia will keep working together to facilitate Croatia’s entry to the European Union (EU), leaders of both countries agreed here on Tuesday. Croatian President Stjepan Mesic arrived in the Slovak capital on Tuesday for a short visit, to say good-bye to his Slovak counterpart Ivan Gasparovic. This was believed to be Mesic’s last foreign visit in the capacity as Croatian president …
Ukraine, Moldova agree to demarcate border in rebel region (Moldova.org)
Ukraine and Moldova have agreed to start soon and complete in the shortest possible time the demarcation of the central (Dniester) sector of the Ukrainian-Moldovan state border. The agreement was reached following consultations between Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Yeliseyev and Moldovan Deputy Foreign and European Integration Minister Andrei Popov, which were held in Kiev on 28 …
Croatian opposition, experts slam Croatia’s 2010 budget (EARTHtimes.org)
Zagreb – Croatia’s budget for 2010, which projects slight economic recovery, a 2.5-per-cent deficit and 3 per-cent inflation, drew fire from the opposition and economic experts alike Wednesday. Parliament adopted the budget that Prime Minister Jadran…
