Eastern Europe – Czech, Slovak soccer may merge (The Prague Post)
Czech, Slovak soccer may merge (The Prague Post)
Slavia may soon face rivals from neighboring Slovakia. Ten years after their split, Czechs and Slovaks are considering merging professional soccer leagues and creating a top division comprising the top clubs from each country.
Romanian customs seized the largest consignment of contraband cigarettes from Moldova (Moldova.org)
On March 5, Romanian customs officers have seized at the Albita border checkpoint one of the largest consignments of contraband cigarettes, coming from its Eastern neighbor Moldova through the Leuseni customs, across the Prut River. The market value of the consignment is estimated at 0.8 million Euros (about 1.1 million U.S. dollars). There were some 700,000 packs of Doina, Plugarul and MT …
No Bulgarian Injuries, Damages in Kosovo Quake (Novinite.com)
The epicenter of the tremor was registered at 46 kilometers West of Pristina, 26 kilometers Southwest of Kosovska Mitrovica and 220 kilometers West of Sofia.
Romania Offers Yield Above Croatia for Euro Bonds (Update1) (Bloomberg)
March 10 (Bloomberg) — Romania is offering higher bond yields than other central and eastern European countries to lure investors as it revives borrowing plans postponed after the government s collapse in November.
Agribusiness: Moldova-Romania joint ventures to be created near the border (Moldova.org)
Moldovan agricultural producers will have a chance to open joint processing enterprises within the Romanian border raions (up to 30 km from the border), Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry Valeriu Cosarciuc said at a press conference on Tuesday. He said that such agreement was reached at his recent meeting with his Romanian colleague Mihai Dumitru. “The setting-up of joint ventures with …
Greek PM says EU could intervene to help Greece (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said on Wednesday that if speculators continue to force Greece to pay high borrowing costs, the European Union will be prepared to intervene in markets.
Finance Minister: Bulgaria Won’t Be Another Greece (Novinite.com)
Bulgaria s Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, has vowed to stick to the country s restrictive budget in order to avoid financial instability. Our 2010 budget is such that we will execute it as we have planned.
Press: Bulgaria Tries to Trick Macedonia into Friendship Treaty (Novinite.com)
Bulgaria is offering a tricky friendship treaty to Macedonia, according to the Macedonian paper Utrinski Vesnik. The newspaper has commented on the recent announced by the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry that it has offered Greece an all-out friendship and good neighborliness treaty.
Interview: Goran Brankovi , Slovenian Railways Assuming an Active Role (coutesy of The Slovenia Times) (Girodivite)
Goran Brankovi has no easy task ahead of him. At the beginning of October, he became the eighth CEO of Slovenske eleznice (Slovenian Railways) in the last five years. He took over a railway monopoly that is overburdened by debts and losses.
No Bulgarian Injuries, Damages in Kosovo Quake (Novinite.com)
There are no reports of Bulgarian nationals injured in the 5,0 magnitude earthquake, which was registered Wednesday afternoon in Kosovo, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry announced, citing information from the country’s embassy in Pristina.
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