Ukrainian championship result and standings (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
Ukrainian championship result and standings on Wednesday Shakhtar Donetsk 2 Metalurg Zaporizhya 0
Ex-Bosnian diplomat can’t be extradited: U.S. court (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday that Bosnia’s former ambassador to the United Nations cannot be extradited over allegations he misused government funds, reversing a lower court.
YEARENDER: Will Hungarian-Slovak ‘cold war’ resume in 2010? (EARTHtimes.org)
Budapest – It is precisely the type of situation that the European Union was supposed to have made a thing of the past: two member states quarrelling over the status of one nation’s ethnic minority across a border that, in theory, exists only on pape…
Why Greece Could Be the Next Dubai (Time Magazine)
The parlous state of Greece’s public finances has hit the country’s credit rating and its stock market. Will Greece be the next to go?
Top Ukrainian lawmaker: Ukraine reaches $2.5 billion deal to supply weapons to Iraq (Sun-Sentinel)
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) Ukraine will provide Iraq with $2.5 billion worth of weapons and military equipment under a deal intended to shore up Iraq’s fledgling armed forces before the planned pullout of U.S. troops, a senior Ukrainian lawmaker said Wednesday.
US urges Ukraine to pursue reform to get gas investment (AFP via Yahoo! News)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday urged Ukraine to pursue reforms to attract foreign investment for an energy sector both sides want to become more independent from Russia.
Slovenian championship results and standings (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
Slovenian championship results and standings on Wednesday HIT Gorica 1 Koper 2 Maribor 2 Olimpija Ljubljana 1 Rudar Velenje 0 Domzale 2 Interblock Ljubljana 0 MIK Celje 0 Nafta Lendava 1 Ptuj Drava 0
Court: Ex-UN ambassador for Bosnia can stay in US (AP via Yahoo! News)
A federal court says a U.S. citizen who served as Bosnia’s U.N. ambassador cannot be extradited to the Balkan nation.
Competition Agency Oks Macedonian Buyout of Bulgaria Sunflower Oil Firms (Novinite.com)
Bulgaria s Competition Protection Commission has allowed Macedonian company Brilijant to buy out two Bulgarian sunflower oil producers. The competition watchdog has ruled that the Bulgarian market of sunflower oil features a number of producers who are mostly small and medium sized enterprises.
Croatia’s tourist figures slightly decrease (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Croatia’s key tourist sector, weakened by the economic crisis, shrank slightly in the first 10 months of the year from activity in the same period of last year, official data showed on Wednesday.
