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 [...]

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 [...]

Former Serb police commander charged over Bosnian massacres (The Scotsman) BOSNIA’S state prosecutor yesterday indicted a former Serb police commander suspected of taking part in killing thousands of Muslims in Srebrenica in 1995, Europe’s wo
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Russia leads medal count after first day of Paralympics (Russian Information Agency Novosti) Russia has taken the lead in the medal standings after the first day of Paralympics in Vancouver, gaining three gold, three silver and two bronze medals and affirming the suggestion by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that the Russian Paralympics team would prove [...]

Bulgaria FBI Head: Turkish Politician Was Not Killed (Novinite.com) There isn’t any evidence that the high-ranking member of the ethnic Turkish party, Ahmed Emin was murdered, the Director of the Bulgarian National Agency for State Security (DANS), Svetlin Yovchev says.
Macedonian Media: EU Road Passes through Bulgarian Mother (Novinite.com) Spaska Mitrova vows to continue fighting [...]