Tensions Mount at Bulgaria-Greece Border over Farmers Blockade (Novinite.com)
The protesting Greek farmers continued Saturday the blockade at cross border points between Bulgaria and Greece, despite earlier promises they will be lifted during the weekend.
PAOK beats Atromitos 1-0 in Greek league (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
Substitute Thanassis Papazoglou scored a late goal Saturday to give PAOK a 1-0 win over Atromitos in the Greek league. Papazoglou struck in the 88th minute to give his team 43 points, five behind leader Panathinaikos, which hosts crosstown rival AEK Athens on Sunday. Olympiakos has 40 points and travels to Panionios on Sunday.
Greek championship results and standings (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
Greek championship results and standings on Saturday. Iraklis 1 AO Kavala 0 PAOK Salonika 1 Atromitos Athinon 0 PAS Giannena 2 Larissa 0
Turkish championship results and standings (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
Turkish championship results and standings on Saturday. Buyuksehir Bld. Spor 4 Kasimpasa 2 Diyarbakirspor 1 Trabzonspor 2 Genclerbirligi 3 Ankaraspor 0 awd.
VOA interview: Hillary Clinton on Moldova-Romania border dispute (sic), Russian troops (Moldova.org)
The following is a transcript of an interview VOA State Department Correspondent David Gollust had with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Paris 29 Jan 2010. In the interview, Clinton discussed developments in Afghanistan, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Burma and China. GOLLUST: Madam Secretary, I have a question left over from the London conference on Afghanistan. Before your news conference …
Greek, Turkish FMs get ball rolling (Kathimerini)
Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas and Turkey s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu agreed to kick-start rapprochement between their two nations during a long dinner in London late on Thursday night, sources in the British capital told Kathimerini.
Greek Football Results (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Results from the Greek football league after Saturday’s games (home teams listed first): Saturday’s Games Iraklis 1, Kavala 0 Giannena 2, Larissa 0 PAOK 1, Atromitos 0 Sunday’s Games Xanthi vs.Aris Panionios vs. Olympiakos Panathinaikos vs. AEK Athens Levadiakos vs. Asteras Panthrakikos vs. Ergotelis
Greek Farmers Renew Bulgaria Border Blockade (Novinite.com)
Over 150 tractor-trailers are waiting in line at the Kulata-Promahon border cross point between Bulgaria and Greece. The information was reported Saturday by the Chief of the Regional Border Services in Smolyan. Cars and buses are passing through, but trucks have been halted all through the night.
Tensions Mount at Bulgaria-Greece Border over Farmers Blockade (Novinite.com)
Tensions at Kulata cross border point between Bulgaria and Greece are mounting and 200 truck drivers are getting angrier over the long wait caused by the Greek farmers blockade.
Greek Farmers Renew Bulgaria Border Blockade (Novinite.com)
Trucks line at the Bulgarian border point with Greece in Kulata, some 180 km South from Sofia, after the Greek farmers blocked the border cross point again Saturday.
