US warns against Bosnian Serb referendum (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The United States warned Tuesday that a referendum could undermine ethnically-divided Bosnia’s fragile stability as Bosnian Serb lawmakers discussed plans to remove obstacles to a plebiscite.
Inside/Out Announces 2010 Greece Humanitourism Volunteer Adventure Helping Greek Street Dogs Suffering In Country-Wide … (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
inside/out will take adventure travelers on a unique voluntourism experience of Humanitourism May 21-31, 2010 to help homeless street dogs in Greece, where dogs and cats are struggling to survive in an environment of immense overpopulation and inhumane treatment. Following the overwhelming success of last year’s Greece program, inside/out plans for travelers to assist Greek animal welfare …
Kazakhstan halts oil exports to Slovakia, Hungary (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
MOSCOW, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Kazakhstan has halted Urals crude oil supplies to Slovakia and Hungary via the Druzhba pipeline amid a trade dispute with Ukraine, prompting Russian oil firm LUKOIL to intervene to compensate for the loss, traders said on Tuesday.
EC Vice President Asks Greece to Lift Bulgaria Border Blockade (Novinite.com)
The European Commission’s Vice-President, G nter Verheugen, had asked the Greek government to undertake urgent action to reinstate the free transit between Bulgaria and Greece.
Greek Debt Crisis – How Goldman Sachs Helped Greece Mask Its True Debt (Free Internet Press)
Goldman Sachs helped the Greek government to mask the true extent of its deficit with the help of a derivatives deal that legally circumvented the European Union Maastricht deficit rules. At some point the so-called cross currency swaps will mature, and swell the country’s already bloated deficit.
Hungary Rate Room Limited by Greek Contagion Risk, Banfi Says (Bloomberg)
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) — Hungary s room to cut the benchmark interest rate is limited by the risk of Greece s fiscal crisis weakening the forint, monetary policy maker Tamas Banfi said.
Hungarian doubts remain over Slovak language law (EARTHtimes.org)
Budapest – The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe assured Hungary on Tuesday that it was closely monitoring a controversial law on minority languages in neighbouring Slovakia. The assurance was given by the OSCE’s High Commissioner o…
EC Vice President Asks Greece to Lift Bulgaria Border Blockade (Novinite.com)
The European Commission’s Vice-President G nter Verheugen says the EC sanctions of Greece over the farmers’ border blockade will depend largely on detailed information submitted by Bulgaria and Romania.
Greek Farmers Ease Partially Bulgarian Border Blockade (Novinite.com)
Protesting Greek farmers started to let through trucks waiting on both sides of the Bulgaria-Greece border at the Kulata-Promahonas border crossing point.
B92 – News – Comments – Heavy snowfall blocks Bulgaria, Romania (B92)
There are no comments for this document. Digital Cold War Timothy Garton Ash Four cheers for Google. Risking the loss of potentially huge long-term profits in the Chinese internet market, it has struck a blow for one of the great causes of our time: global information freedom….
