Putin to hold conference call on Russia’s readiness for spring sowing (Itar-Tass) MOSCOW, March 18 (Itar-Tass) – Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is expected to hold a conference call Friday, March 19, with officials from various regions of the country to discuss the readiness of the farming sector “for spring seasonal field works in 2010,” [...]

Bulgaria, Greece Launch One-Stop Border Control (Novinite.com) Bulgaria and Greece opened Friday a cross-border Contact Center initiating one-stop border control on their major border crossing point.
Israel IAF Planes Passed over Bulgaria, Reached Hungary (Novinite.com) The planes were reportedly laden with state-of-the-art surveillance equipment, and the mission was connected to the assassination of a Syrian [...]

UEFA bans match-fixing Ukrainian ref for life (AP via Yahoo! Sports) A Ukrainian soccer referee has been banned for life for helping to fix matches. The disciplinary panel of European soccer’s governing body on Thursday banned referee Oleh Orekhov from all soccer activities. UEFA said it used information from ongoing investigations by German police into [...]

Putin worries US with Iran nuclear plant start pledge (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News) MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday worried the United States by announcing that Iran’s Russian-built first nuclear power plant should come online this summer.
Moscow exploits Georgian President Saakashvili’s assassination, Russian invasion hoax (Moldova.org) By Pavel Felgenhauer [...]

Press: Bulgaria Makes ‘Indecent Proposal’ to Macedonia (Novinite.com) Macedonian papers have expressed their outrage over bits and pieces that allegedly leaked from the Friendship Treaty proposed by Bulgaria.
Cross-Border Contact Center to Open at Greek-Bulgarian Frontier (Novinite.com) A cross-border Contact Center, a pioneer service of the police forces of [...]

Turkish-Swedish row over genocide label – United Press InternationalAnkara also canceled a March 17 summit between the nations and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ’s corresponding visit discuss on the basis of current research,” Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said in a statement posted on a
Turkish Premier Says Turkey, IMF [...]

Serbia arrests eight for Kosovo Albanian papers bribery (Eu Business) (BELGRADE ) – Serbian police said Tuesday they had arrested eight people, including three officials, for taking bribes to issue documents such as proof of citizenship to Kosovo Albanians.
Bulgaria Reacts to Romanian Bird Flu Outbreak (Novinite.com) Bulgaria’s Minister of Agriculture has ordered the National [...]

Polish Journalist Kapuscinski Mixed Fact with Fiction (Time Magazine) A new biography of Ryszard Kapuscinski has caused a firestorm in theacclaimed journalist’s native Poland with claims that he injected hisreporting with healthy doses of fiction
EC Interim Report about Bulgaria, Romania Due Next Week (Novinite.com) The European Commission’s interim report in connection with mechanisms for [...]

United Russia party leading in Russian regional elections (Russian Information Agency Novosti) The ruling United Russia party is widely leading in Sunday’s Russian regional elections according to preliminary results from the Central Election Commission.
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-14 17:16 Russian official calls for night-time alcohol ban (Interactive Investor) MOSCOW, March 14 (Reuters) – Russia’s top [...]

Serb leader not opposed to Ganic trial in Bosnia (AP via Yahoo! News) In a bid to defuse tensions over the arrest in Britain of an ex-Bosnian leader, the Serbian president said Sunday that Belgrade would not oppose his extradition to Bosnia instead of Serbia.
Hungarian championship results and standings (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports) Hungarian [...]