Romanian president, PM trade barbs over Renault plant
Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta reacted harshly on February 11 to statements by president Traian Basescu who had warned that
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Author: Independent Balkan News Agency
Former Hellenic Postbank CEO released on unprecedented 2 million euro bail
Former Hellenic Postbank chief Angelos Filippides was released on bail on February 10 2014 after being ordered to pay two
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Serbia lands in Brussels, Skopje ends up in Strasbourg
Serbia has demonstrated that politics is indeed the art of the possible. Thirsty for any successful story in the Balkans,
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Bulgaria, Turkey to hold talks on border truck transport problem
Bulgaria and Turkey will hold talks in Turkish capital Ankara on February 21 with the aim of resolving the problem
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Weekly review: Romania gets into the electoral mood
This week’s events in Romania have confirmed politicians are readying themselves for the two election cycles in 2014 – European
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Chaos in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Government buildings set on fire in Sarajevo, Zenica and Tuzla
The third day of mass uprisings, on February 7 2014, in Bosnia and Herzegovina took a violent turn. According to
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Turkish Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737 hijacked
A hijacking took place on February 7 2014 on an aircraft belonging to the Turkish Pegasus Airlines, which was flying
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Large turnout in Plovdiv for protest against Muslim court claims on property
More than 1000 people from all over Bulgaria, most of them from football clubs, took part in a February 7
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Clashes at Bosnia protests over unemployment and economic woes
Close to 6000 disgruntled workers from Dita, Konjuh, Polihem, Resod Guming and Poliolechem companies, followed by citizens, retirees and high
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