Features

Balkan, Baltic EU countries may be next to seek financial help, say analysts

30/10/2008

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Analysts say that -- after Hungary -- Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia and Romania could become the next to seek IMF assistance.
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Russia's Gazprom courts Romania ahead of elections

30/10/2008

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A delegation of Gazprom officials descended on Bucharest Wednesday, as Romania signalled openness towards the South Stream project for the first time.
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Neither Greece nor Macedonia happy with latest Nimetz plan

30/10/2008

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Officials in Athens and Skopje have responded critically to a new proposal by UN special envoy Matthew Nimetz, saying it requires significant changes.
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Romanian education -- quo vadis?

24/10/2008

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Romanians once took the quality of their school system for granted. No longer.
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Roundup

Culture and Sports: Serbia's Ivanovic wins Austrian tournament

29/10/2008

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Ana Ivanovic of Serbia won the Generali Ladies championship. Also in cultural news: FIFA rejects Kosovo's application for membership, and Bulgaria's national badminton team wins the Balkan Championship in Bucharest.
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Reportage

Hope on Cyprus reunification prospects remains guarded

27/10/2008

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Peace talks have resumed in the most intensive push toward settlement since the failure of the Annan Plan in 2004.
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