http://www.neurope.eu Foreign Realations - New Europe News: The European News Source. en-us Copyright The Media Company S.A. info@neurope.eu (New Europe) kgougakis@neurope.eu (Kostas Gougakis) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:07:00 +0200 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:07:00 +0200 New Europe New Europe 5 http://www.neurope.eu/images/logo.jpg http://www.neurope.eu 100 35 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99692.php Norwegian Statoil has increased its working interest in the St. Malo development in the Gulf of Mexico to 21.5 % by exercising its preferential rights on a proposed sale of Devons share in the development Norway Post reported on 10 March. Operator on St. Malo is Union a subsidiary of Chevron.... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99692.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99693.php Iceland overwhelmingly rejected a referendum early last week to compensate Britain and the Netherlands for money lost when an Icelandic bank collapsed in 2008 officials said. Projections showed 93.1 % voted against the proposal with just 1.6 % voting in favour. At issue is paying $5.4 billion back to the governments... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99693.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99694.php The Federal Administrative Court has overturned a fine for unfair competition practices handed down to Switzerlands largest communications provider Swisscom Swiss info reported on 9 March. Swisscom - a former monopoly which is still majority-owned by the government appealed in November against the 333 million Swiss Francs $308 million fine issued... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99694.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99695.php Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche has suspended clinical trials of a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis following safety concerns. The joint project with United States biotech group Biogen Idec was developing the Ocrelizumab treatment for the condition Swiss info reported on 8 March. A review by the Ocrelizumab Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99695.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99696.php Swiss family-run contracting company Marti Holding AG has taken over the Icelandic contractor Islenskir adalverktakar IAV thus securing approximately 400 jobs Iceland Review reported on 8 March. One of IAVs current projects is the construction of Harpa the Icelandic Concert and Conference Center. However the number of employees is decided... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99696.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99697.php Companies from Norway and nine EU member nations have presented plans for an offshore grid which will distribute electricity generated by Norwegian wind farms to Europe Norway Post reported on 9 March. The plans for this Supergrid call for generating large amounts of wind power generated electricity in the North... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99697.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99698.php Chinese Vice President Xi recently had talks with visiting Croatian Foreign Affairs and European Integration Minister Gordan Jandrokovic in Beijing. Jandrokovic paid an official visit to China at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. In the course of talks Xi said that China is willing to enhance cooperation with... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99698.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99699.php Following talks with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Peter Balazs Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said in Budapest that connecting Serbias integration into the European Union and the solution to the future status of Kosovo-Metohija is a wrong assumption. This could not happen said the Minister and warned that it... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99699.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99700.php Ardian Fullani Governor of the Bank of Albania recently attended the Seminar Albania- Sustaining Macroeconomic Stability in a Challenging External Environment AENews reported. In his speech Fullani focused on a new long-term economic growth model capable of absorbing the financial resources particularly the foreign ones and generating an economic growth.... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99700.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99701.php Visiting Ambassador of Bosnia Herzegovina in Pakistan Armin Limo was welcomed by the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce Industry president Muhammad Ishaq Butt and members of the executive body Fars news agency reported. The ambassador said that Bosnia and Pakistan share similar socio political problems and can help each other in... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99701.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99702.php European Investment Bank EIB Vice President Dario Scannapieco recently announced that it will continue providing financial assistance for projects in Serbia especially the ones connected small and medium-sized companies infrastructure and energy Beta news agency reported. Besides EIB will also continue to finance projects like the bypass motorway around Belgrade... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99702.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99703.php Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini was recently in Gorizia to participate in a forum on the Balkan region Fars news agency reported. He stressed that Bosnia should make a headway starting with the liberalisation of visas as happened in other Balkan countries. Frattini said We should not waste the year... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99703.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99704.php Croatia recently announced plans of a two-part bond offering. The 250 million euros 10-year deal is seen pricing at 335-355 basis points over mid-swaps while the two billion kuna 374 million euros 10-year portion is expected to price at 360-390 basis points over mid-swaps Javno reported. Erste Steiermaerkische Bank Privredna... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99704.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99705.php First it was an American Congressional committee which approved a resolution declaring the killing of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians by Turks a century ago as a genocide which resulted in Turkey recalling its Ambassador. Now the Swedish Parliaments vote to put the same label on the killings has resulted... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99705.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99706.php A British artist has accused Turkey of censorship after an Istanbul court fined him almost $4 500 for caricaturing the countrys prime minister. Artist Michael Dickinson in 2006 displayed an illustration that superimposed the head of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan onto the body of a dog. The court... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99706.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99707.php Turkish Contractors Association TMB Chairman Erdal Eren recently announced that Turkish construction firms assumed projects worth 18.1 billion euros in 2009 a decline from 23.6 billion in 2008 Zaman reported. The global financial crisis affected the construction sector witnessing a decline of 20% but compared to the world construction sector... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99707.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99708.php FYROM Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki met with his Croatian counterpart Gordan Jandrokovic in Zagreb and said that political ties between the two countries are excellent but called for expansion of economic cooperation MRTOnline reported. The Croatian minister expressed his countrys support for FYROMs bid to join NATO due to FYROMs... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99708.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99709.php A Gallup Balkan Monitor poll conducted in co-operation with the European Fund for the Balkans and the Forum Centre for Strategic Research and Documentation portrayed a bleak picture of FYROM MRTOnline reported. The survey showed that two-thirds of citizens who are currently unemployed have no hope of finding a job.... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99709.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99710.php The new Klobuk checkpoint opened officially on 10 March on the border between Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The new checkpoint is some 20 kilometers away from Trebinje in the direction of Montenegro officials said. The checkpoint was built with European Union donations and is worth 2.34 million euros it... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99710.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99711.php Significant developments to the East the European neighborhood marked last year and at the birth of 2010. Moldova came first in a row as in there an Alliance for European integration won a power wrestling against longstanding communists having thus changed internal political assets for an explicit pro-EU embrace. Second... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99711.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99712.php Belarus will fight for abolishing the oil export duties that Russia has introduced within the Customs Union framework Belarus Vice Premier Andrei Kobyakov told media on 11 March. I would like to make it clear one more time: we have no intention of giving up on the initial principles which... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99712.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99713.php The president of the Communists Party PCRM former head of state Vladimir Voronin accuses the Alliance for European Integration of establishing a dictatorial regime. He said the PCRM will not cooperate with it from now on and started to collect signatures to hold a referendum and give a vote of... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99713.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99714.php Kazcosmos Kazakh space agency has no objections to launches of Russias Proton carrier rockets from its territory while a new environmentally-friendly launch pad is being put into operation Gazeta.kz reported. It was reported that Russia and Kazakhstan are jointly working on the Baiterek launch pad at the Baikonur space centre.... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99714.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99715.php Ashgabat for the second time played host to a joint energy forum . UK State Energy Minister Lord Hunt who represented London at the event was welcomed by Turkmen Head Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Turkmenistan.ru reported. The forum was also attended by representatives of British Petroleum Gaffney Cline Ass Denton Hermes KBR... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99715.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99716.php Following talks with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon in Dushanbe First Vice Premier of Russia Igor Shuvalov said that the country is willing to participate in the development of a power complex in the Central Asia and recognize that the interests of the various states should be balanced Asia-Plus reported. The... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99716.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99717.php The Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights and Turkmenistans Independent Lawyers Association issued in February a joint report which reads that Turkmenistans incarceration rate is one of the highest in the world Turkmenistan.ru reported. In the report Turkmenistans strict Criminal Code has been blamed for prison overcrowding leading to poor health... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99717.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99718.php A delegation of German corporation The Bosch Group recently paid a visit to Dushanbe to present the corporation activities to the government of Tajikistan get acquainted with priorities of cooperation assess opportunities of potential cooperation and coordinate further steps. The delegation which comprised of Rudolf Kolm member of the Bosch... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99718.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99719.php Japan and Kazakhstan signed in Tokyo a nuclear pact allowing it to obtain stable supplies of uranium in exchange for nuclear technology Gazeta.kz reported. The document was signed by Akylbek Kamaldinov Kazakhstans ambassador in Japan and Katsuya Okada Japans Minister of Foreign Affairs. The signing of the agreement follows agreements... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99719.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99720.php Head of International Monetary Fund IMF mission to Azerbaijan Nienke Oomes was on a recent visit to Baku for consultations under Article IV of the Agreement on the establishment IMF Trend news agency reported. IMF welcomed the Central Bank of Azerbaijans CBA plans to consolidate the banking system and enhance... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99720.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99721.php The Womens Council Public Association and the National Association of Microfinance Organisations and Credit Unions NAMOCU recently organized Tashkents Centre of National Art. The main goals of the competition was to assist the development of female entrepreneurship providing business support and consultancy services to Uzbek female entrepreneurs helping to foster... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99721.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99722.php The United States has reached an agreement with Kyrgyzstan to renew rights to an airbase Richard Holbrooke the US pointman on Afghanistan and Pakistan recently announced Irinnews.org reported. The US envy said that this move is crucial for the US-led war effort in nearby Afghanistan In February he visited four... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99722.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99723.php Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Foreign Affairs Minister Elmar Mammadyarov recently welcomed Miguel Angel Moratinos Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain Trend news agency reported. Moratinos currently holds the European Unions rotating presidency. Moratinos visit is EUs move to the South Caucasus region including Baku. Moratinos said the... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99723.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99724.php Following a hiatus of nine years German Lufthansa announced that it will resume the flights between Germany and Uzbekistan Uzbekreport.com reported. This move by the carrier company was taken to strengthen positions in Central Asia. The carrier company will launch new flights including such destinations as Miami Teheran and Tashkent.... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99724.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99725.php The First Vice-Speaker of the Seym of Lithuania Raimondas Sukys said that the aim of his visit of the Lithuanian delegation was to exchange experience with Azerbaijan in the training projects of the European Commission to share views on various issues including the adoption of the documents submitted for consideration by... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99725.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99726.php On a visit to New Delhi to visit political and business leaders Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said his country is cooperating more closely now with India on the question of nuclear energy that he said held a lot of promise as an energy source. Russia signed an agreement with... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99726.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99727.php Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos whose country holds the European Unions rotating presidency recently paid a visit to Tbilisi as part of his trip to South Caucasus states Civil Georgia reported. Moratinos stood in for EU foreign affairs and security chief Catherine Ashton. After arriving in Tbilisi the delegation... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99727.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99728.php Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian should eventually be admitted to the European Union he told Wilfried Martens a former Belgian prime minister leading the European Peoples Party EPP visit to Yerevan recently to discuss the countrys possibilities of becoming a member Armenia Liberty.org reported. During talks with the visiting head of... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99728.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99729.php Military forces from Russia and Ukraine will resume a naval exercise last held seven years ago Ukrainian general staff officials said. The bilateral maneuvers called Farvater Mira Fairway of Peace will take place in June and involve warships aircraft and hundreds of service personnel operating in the Black Sea and... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99729.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99730.php Russias PM Vladimir Putin met with Georgias ex-parliamentary chairperson and leader of opposition Democratic Movement-United Georgia party Nino Burjanadze in Moscow Civil Georgia reported. At the meeting Putin said Life moves forward and I very much hope that by relying on those people who want to have normal relations with... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99730.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99731.php European Bank for Reconstruction and Development recently announced that it has allocated 118 million euros to Armenian banks under Multi-Bank Framework Facility II program officials said. Under this program the bank will invest 130 million euros in Armenias banking sector said Mike Taylor the EBRD director on financial institutions of... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99731.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99622.php Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky on 10 March won libel damages of GBP 150 000 $223 000 after a court in London rejected a claim that he was implicated in the radioactive poisoning of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko in 2006 Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa reported. London-based Berezovsky 64 a close friend of Litvinenkorsquo;s... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99622.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:15:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99540.php The Confederation of Lithuanian Industrialists recently inked a protocol with the Independent Industrialists Businessmens Association Musiad of Turkey aimed at establishing a joint chamber of commerce to facilitate bilateral business local media reports revealed. The decision was made during a recent visit by members of the Musiad to Lithuania Latvia... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99540.php Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:07:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99554.php Norwegian aluminium producer Hydro has discontinued production and closed the doors at its aluminium tubing plant in Michigan ending 70 years of manufacturing operations at the Adrian site Norway Post reported on 1 March. Activities related to the closure which Hydro announced last March included the transfer of products and manufacturing... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99554.php Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:07:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99555.php The City of Reykjavik has established a fund of $1.2 million to stimulate the local employment market. The largest part $800 000 million will be used for projects that are undertaken in cooperation with the Directorate of Labor Iceland Review reported on 1 March. These projects include vocational training innovation projects... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99555.php Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:07:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99556.php The Georg Fischer engineering group has announced that sales last year fell by more than a third as the global economic crisis had a far-reaching impact Swiss info reported on March 2. Sales fell by 35 % to 2.91billion Swiss Francs $2.69 billion resulting in a net loss of 238 million... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99556.php Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:07:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99557.php FMC Technologies Inc has announced that it has signed an agreement with Total Exploration and Production Angola for the manufacture and supply of subsea production equipment. The award is valued at around USD 65 million Norway Post reported on March 1. The equipment will support Total Angolas Block 17 development... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99557.php Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:07:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99558.php Kühne Nagel one of the worlds largest logistics companies has posted a 20 % drop in net profit for 2009 following a global slump in the industry Swiss info reported on March 1. With sales down by 19.4 percent to 17.4 billion Swiss Francs $16.03 billion net profit for the... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99558.php Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:07:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99559.php Efforts to avert a referendum in Iceland on terms for the repayment of $5.4 billion to British and Dutch investors following the collapse of an Icelandic bank appeared bleak early last week following failure to reach a new settlement. We had hoped to be able to reach a consensual resolution... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99559.php Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:07:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99560.php Drazen Breglec the State Secretary at the Ministry of the Sea Transport and Infrastructure said that the Croatian ICT market alongside many European countries excepts the access in the area of the broadband Internet. However Breglec also warned that despite the above-average results There was below-average investment the data from... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99560.php Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:07:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99561.php French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner met with Serbian President Tadic and also with Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Delic. In the presence of Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic Tadic and Kouchner discussed bilateral relations continuation of Serbias European integration and Kosovo and Metohija Beta news agency reported. Both sides agreed that... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Foreign http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99561.php Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:07:00 +0200