December, 2009

• 17 December

  Serbia to get USD 200 mln from Russia for its budget deficit

  Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic announced that negotiations with Russia over some USD 200 million credit needed for the budget deficit have been finalized.

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• 17 December

  IMF Increases Romania Growth Forecast

  The International Monetary Fund, IMF, on Thursday upped its economic growth forecast for the country for this year and next, and said Bucharest could receive its next loan tranche in February. At the same time, following its joint mission to the country earlier this week with the IMF, the European …

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• 17 December

  Three K. Serbs released from custody

  The District Court in Priština released three Serbs from the municipality of Novo Brdo from custody on Wednesday. Slobodan and Srećko Martinović and Svetlana Stojanović were arrested on September 24 and accused of committing war crimes. The charges against them state that the three “from April 17 until April 22, …

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• 17 December

  Russian ambassador visits K. Mitrovica

  Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Aleksandr Konuzin was in Kosovo on Wednesday, in the northern, Serb-dominated part of the divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica. Beta news agency reports that he stated that the Russian Federation and Serbia had good political and economic cooperation, but that it was necessary to expand it …

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• 17 December

  Minister for Kosovo meets with local Serbs

  Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović was on Wednesday touring several villages in the province’s Kosovsko Pomoravlje district. As he met with the local Serbs, he said that those of them who participated in the recently held Kosovo Albanian government-organized local elections, which Belgrade rejected, “did not lose faith in Belgrade …

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• 17 December

  Macedonia, Kosovo Boost Economic Cooperation

  Macedonia and Kosovo’s Ministers of Economy Fatmir Besimi and Ahmet Shala signed an agreement intended to boost economic cooperation. The document should make cooperation between the two countries in the energy, infrastructure, transport, agriculture, construction, tourism, environment and other sectors much easier, the two ministers said at the signing ceremony …

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• 17 December

  Moldova may become member of European Energy Community

  The Council of Ministers of the European Energy Community may take a decision on admittance of Moldova to the membership of this organization. Moldovan Vice-Premier, Minister of Economy Valeriu Lazar will participate in the VII sitting of the Council, which will be opened in Zagreb on Thursday.

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• 17 December

  Moldova-EU Cooperation Council meets next week

  A delegation headed by Prime Minister Vlad Filat will be in Brussels during December 20-22 to take part in the meeting of the Moldova-EU Cooperation Council. The delegation consists of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Iurie Leanca, two more persons from the Foreign Ministry …

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• 17 December

  Romanian president designates acting PM Emil Boc to lead new govt

  Romania’s newly reelected President Traian Basescu Thursday designated democrat liberal leader and acting Prime Minister Emil Boc to head the country’s new government. “Considering the current political situation, I have to adopt the only solution I see right now for Romania to meet its top priority, which is to have …

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• 17 December

  Hague Tribunal mandate extended through 2012

  The UN Security Council has extended the mandate of the Hague Tribunal until the end of 2012. This was announced by the United Nations in New York on Wednesday.

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