Eastern Europe – European Court condemns Bosnia over Jews, Roma (AFP via Yahoo! News)

European Court condemns Bosnia over Jews, Roma (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The European Court of Human Rights condemned Bosnia for having forbidden Jews and Roma to stand for key elected posts, including parliament and the presidency, in a judgement issued Tuesday.

Bulgarian soccer players audited in tax probe (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
Government officials say 261 soccer players from the Bulgarian league are being investigated for suspected tax evasion. The National Revenue Agency says it will check property and bank deposits against declared incomes and refer discrepancies to a public prosecutor. Local media reports say some highly paid players declare the minimum monthly salary of $157.

Foreign Minister of Hungary to pay working visit to Ukraine (Unian)
Foreign Minister of Hungary Peter Balazs will pay a working visit to Ukraine on December 22-23.

Greece downgraded to A2 credit rating (CNN)
Currency markets were little-disturbed by a downgrade of Greece’s government bond rating by Moody’s on Tuesday, but sterling took a hit after revised UK growth data disappointed.

Hungarian football federation president to resign (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
The president of Hungary’s football federation says he will resign within a few months. Istvan Kisteleki says he will stay in his post until the federation’s next general meeting, to be held in the spring. Kisteleki was elected in February 2006 and did not give a specific reason for his planned departure, saying only that he wanted to “give an opportunity for changes” in the…

Croatia’s EU entry talks hit Slovenian resistance (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Croatia made progress on Monday towards its goal of wrapping up negotiations next year to join the European Union but entry talks were stalled in some areas by neighbouring Slovenia, an EU member.

Hungarian Forint At 5-day High Against Dollar As Hungary’s Central Bank Trims Rate To 6.25% (INO News)
(RTTNews) – Hungary’s forint jumped to a 5-day high against the US dollar in early New York trading on Monday following the Hungarian central bank’s decision to lower its key interest rate by 25 basis points.

UPDATE: Greece Vows To Step Up Reforms, Greek Markets Rally (Nasdaq)
(Adds comment, market reaction.) ATHENS -(Dow Jones)- The Greek government will step up its drive to lift the country out of its debt crisis, the Finance Ministry said in a statement Tuesday, following the country’s third downgrade by a ratings agency this month.

Polish police probe foreign link in Auschwitz theft (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Polish police are investigating a possible international link in the theft of the metal sign that hung over the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz, they said on Tuesday.

Bosnia court jails two Bosnian Serbs for war crimes (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters SARAJEVO, Dec 21 (Reuters) – A Bosnian war crimes court jailed two Bosnian Serb wartime commanders to 19 and 15 years respectively for taking part in the mass killing, detention and torture of Muslims …

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