http://www.emg.rs/en/news/region/index.html EMG - Product of Ekonomist Media Group en Copyright 1999 - 2012, EMG.rs rss@emg.rs (RSS Admin) Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:47:42 +0000 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:47:42 +0000 Business and Economy http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.emg.rs/img/emportal-rss.png http://www.emg.rs/en/news/region/index.html 144 38 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174462.html Five cabinet ministers, including the whole contingent from the Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS), resigned on Friday ahead of a meeting to be chaired by interim Prime Minister Lucas Papademos. 174462[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:10:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174451.html The leader of the rightwing Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS), Georgios Karatzaferis, on Friday called on Prime Minister Lucas Papademos to reshuffle his government, installing technocrats in the place of Socialist PASOK ministers, adding that he would not approve a new debt deal agreed between the government and foreign creditors but neither would he withdraw from the coalition as he had threatened to do earlier this week. 174451[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:21:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174435.html Heavy and almost incessant snow that had fallen over the whole territory of Montenegro in early February caused many troubles to road infrastructure, energy supply and access to many rural areas especially in the northern part of the country. 174435[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:08:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174434.html Unemployed individuals who want to start their own business can do this through the self-employment project by way of crediting. They can apply February 11-March 2 in job clubs of the 30 employment centers throughout Macedonia. 174434[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:06:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174433.html Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski believes it is good that mediator Matthew Nimetz comes to Macedonia and Greece, but what remains to be seen is who he will meet in Athens and whether talks will have some essence. 174433[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:04:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174432.html A nationwide 48-hour strike on Friday and Saturday (February 10-11) was called on Thursday by Greece's two main umbrella federations GSEE and ADEDY, representing the private and public sectors respectively, in protest of the new memorandum agreed with the troika. 174432[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:02:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174431.html Deputy Employment Minister Yiannis Koutsoukos has resigned over drastic new austerity measures agreed by the coalition government. 174431[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174430.html Protests of farmers, dissatisfied with the pace of payments of agriculture grants and with the government's plan to cut state aid for this sector, began throughout eastern and northern Croatia on Thursday, the leader of the protesting farmers, Stjepan Kunovec, told the media in the morning. 174430[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:58:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174429.html Croatian Finance Minister Slavko Linic announced that effective as from 1 March 2012, VAT in Croatia will rise from 23 per cent to 25 per cent, writes 24 sata. 174429[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:57:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174428.html The wall of an ancient building, most likely from Roman times, emerged in Sarafovo, near the Balck Sea city of Burgas Wednesday. 174428[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:55:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174427.html The main issues that Bulgaria needs to stress on in its energy policy are diversification and transparency, stated US Energy Envoy for Eurasia Richard Morningstar, who is on an official visit to Sofia. 174427[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:54:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174426.html In 2011 the export of Bulgaria to third countries increased by 24.4 percent on 2010, exceeding EUR 8 bln., data of the National Statistical Institute shows. 174426[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:49:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174425.html European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg announced a decision yesterday stating that Imad Al Husin (also known as Abu Hamza), who has been in custody at Immigration center in Istocno Sarajevo since 2008 cannot be deported to Syria for potential threat that he would be exposed to torture and maltreatment there. 174425[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:47:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174424.html This-year's, 28th ''Sarajevo Winter'' festival was opened last night with performance ''Awakening of spirits'' at the oldest cultural institution in our country, Earth Museum of BiH. 174424[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:46:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174422.html Agrokor has dropped its non-binding bid to purchase a 52.1-percent stake in the Slovenian retail chain Mercator, the private Croatian food and retail concern reported on Tuesday evening. 174422[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:45:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174390.html The government"s discussions with the troika were concluded successfully this morning on the issue which had remained open for further elaboration.Thus there is general agreement on the content of the new program, in view also of this evening"s Eurogroup meeting. 174390[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:50:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174378.html According to sources, the three party leaders -- PASOK leader and former prime minister George Papandreou, New Democracy (ND) leader Antonis Samaras and Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) leader George Karatzaferis -- authorised Papademos to negotiate with the troika the alternative solutions on the thorny issue of cuts in auxiliary salaries. 174378[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:29:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174359.html Despite dealing with severe winter conditions at home, European countries have responded swiftly to Bulgaria"s request for assistance to fight floods and prevent further damage from the severe winter that has engulfed much of the country. Several dams are overflowing in Bulgaria due to the heavy snow of the past few days. 174359[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:38:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174358.html Bulgaria is one of the countries with moderate innovation performance according to the Innovation Union Scoreboard 2011 presented by the European Commission on Tuesday. Romania, Lithuania and Latvia are in the same group of countries well below the EU27 average. 174358[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:36:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174357.html Croatia's austerity budget for 2012 should help the government maintain the country's credit rating and take on new borrowing abroad, Finance Minister Slavko Linic said in an interview with Reuters published earlier this week. 174357[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:34:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174356.html Farmers' leaders also accused the government of turning a deaf ear to their request for talks on the government's plan to curtail the budget funds for agriculture. 174356[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:33:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174355.html Two non profits, six companies related to the food industry and one IT company announced the establishment of the "Bulgarian Food Bank", whose mission will be to fight hunger and unnecessary food waste. 174355[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:31:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174354.html Code orange is issued in 17 Bulgarian districts and code yellow - in the rest 11 districts. 174354[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:29:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174326.html The troika has reportedly given Greece 15 days to find 300 million euros of cuts to avoid reductions to pensions after party leaders objected to this measure during marathon talks that ended early on Thursday. 174326[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:38:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174288.html Athens International Airport (AIA) has achieved a 21-pct reduction in annual carbon emissions at its facilities -- corresponding to more than 14,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide -- a reduction larger than the anticipated European target of 20 pct by 2020, it was announced on Tuesday. 174288[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:37:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174287.html Greek Culture and Tourism Deputy Minister George Nikitiadis on Tuesday signed a protocol of cooperation with Antonio Tajani, the vice-president of the European Commission, responsible for tourism affairs, aimed at boosting tourism between South America and Europe. 174287[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:35:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174286.html Greek enterprises are demanding a national default on their debt as a reaction to persecution suffered by the commerce sector from recent government austerity measures, the National Confederation of Hellenic Commerce (ESEE) said on Tuesday. 174286[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:34:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174285.html A Memorandum of Cooperation between Greece and Cyprus was signed here on Tuesday, providing for the contribution of Greek experts to the efforts undertaken by Cyprus for the EU Council rotating presidency, at the 2nd half of 2012. 174285[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:32:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174284.html The joint meeting between political leaders (George Papandreou-PASOK, Antonis Samaras-ND and George Karatzaferis-LAOS) and Prime Minister Lucas Papademos, which was to be held late Tuesday afternoon at the Maximos Mansion in order to give the green light for the agreement with troika (EC,ECB,IMF) to be finalised, was postponed for Wednesday, sources said on Tuesday evening. 174284[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:32:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174280.html Nearly 50 measures aimed at improving the competitiveness of Macedonia's economy are being discussed at a session of the government's Economic Council on Monday. 174280[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:14:00 +0000