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India Approves Tax Deal With Albania
Tirana, Jan. 28, 2008 (AE) – India’s government approved on Thursday an agreement for avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and on capital (DTAA) between India and Albania.
Macedonia NGOs Form Pro-Choice Lobby
Seven Macedonian NGOs have accused the centre right VMRO DPMNE-led government of endangering the basic human rights of women by plotting to enforce tighter rules for abortion in the country.
Serbia Dinar Slide Worries Consumers, Govt
With investors fleeing emerging markets in the aftermath of the global credit crunch, and little light at the end of Serbia’s political tunnel, the dinar currency slid to a new record low of 97.50 to the euro this week, having lost a quarter of its value in four months.
Albania Sells Electricity to Greece
Tirana, Jan. 29, 2008 (AE) – An ample rainy winter has propped state owned Albania Power Corporation, KESH, to export electricity to Greece.
Macedonia Discovers “Unknown Europeans”
A new photo exhibit dubbed “Unknown Europeans” is introducing Macedonians to some of the smallest minorities in Europe.
EU Pans Albania’s Lustration Law
The EU criticized on Thursday Albania’s newly enacted “clean hands” lustration law targeting former officials of the communist regime, which critics say could be used for political revenge attacks by the government.
CEZ Pulls Out from 1.4 Bln Eur Bosnia Project
Czech power company CEZ said it will pull out from a joint venture project with the power company of the Serb-dominated Bosnian entity of Republika Srpska, Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske, effectively putting the kiss of death on a 1.4 billion euro project to overhaul the existing power plant and build a new factory in the southeastern town of Gacko.
Jeremic Lobbies UN On Kosovo
Serbia’s Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic visits the United Nations on Thursday for meetings with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and other top diplomats to discuss the implementation of the six-point plan in Kosovo and the formation of the Kosovo Security Forces.
Macedonia PM ‘Nationalist, Provocative’ – Greece
The politics of Macedonia’s conservative Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski are sparking nationalism and provoking Greece, undermining efforts to resolve the two countries’ name dispute, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis said on Monday.
EBRD Sees Gloom Forecast For Balkans
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development revised down its projections for the economic growth of Balkan states, with Bosnia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Croatia expected to grow by two percent or less this year due to the global financial crisis.
