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New IMF mission visits Moldova

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:28:00 +0300

Prime Minister Iurie Leanca today held a meeting with representatives of the International Monetary Fund . The officials discussed aspects of bilateral cooperation for the next period, being particularly approached issues included on the IMF mission’s agenda, which is on a visit to Moldova on 19-24 June, the government’s communication and media relations department has ...
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24 thousand of Georgians may be deprived of their citizenship

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:53:00 +0300

State Service Development Agency at the Georgian Ministry of Justice has found out that 24 thousand Georgians are at the same time citizens of other countries, but have not informed the authorities about such situation.

According to Georgian laws, this fact may be used as a ground for denaturalization.

The Agency has turned to owners of foreign passports with the suggestion to ...
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“Fairway of Peace 2013” exercises of the Ukrainian Navy and Russian Black Sea Fleet to start on June 19

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:17:00 +0300

On June 19-20 and 25, 2013 the Russian and Ukrainian navy exercises “Fairway of Peace 2013” will be conducted at the sea training grounds in the Black Sea North-East area.

Major topic of the “Fairway of Peace 2013” will be presented by carrying out of joint anti-pirate activities at sea, while the list of training objectives will include working out of uniformed views on the ...
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Number of refugees to Bulgaria grows

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:27:00 +0300

In the first five months of the year the number of persons who have asked for asylum in Bulgaria is higher than throughout the entire 2012, the State Agency for Refugees informs.

By end-May they were 1 400, while over 2012 they were not more than 1 387. In May alone 280 people have asked for protection in Bulgaria, coming from 28 countries. Nearly 1/3 of these refugees come from ...
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Schengen bid of Bulgaria and Romania will not be a priority for Lithuania

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:49:00 +0300

Lithuania, which on July 1 will take up the rotational presidency of the EU, is not optimistic in view of the long-postponed admission of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen area.

At a conference on the priorities of the Lithuanian presidency of the EU the country’s Permanent Representative to the EU Raimundas Karoblis said that it is very difficult to make any promise in ...
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More Armenian citizens visit Turkey between January and April 2013

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:20:00 +0300

A total of 15 264 citizens of Armenia headed to Turkey from January to April 2013. The number of Armenian citizens that visited Turkey between these months grew by 3.9% as compared to the same time period in the year past, Armenian News-NEWS.am ascertained from Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry.

In its turn, the aforesaid figure is 8.2% more than the same time period in ...
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Ukraine plans to start electric bus manufacturing

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:52:00 +0300

Kyiv plans to start electric bus manufacturing – Alexander Popov, Head of the Kyiv City State Administration, has declared.

“This production is going to be virtually completely Ukrainian, even the engines. The only exception – we will install imported accumulators. We want to set up he production here”, – Head of the KCSA has noted.

According to him, the pilot bus will be launched ...
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No incidents during yesterday's protests in Sofia

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:21:00 +0300

The fifth day of protests in Bulgaria, demanding the resignation of the Oresharski cabinet, passed with no incidents. According to the Ministry of the Interior the protesting were around 7 000 people.

According to NGOs the protesting were a lot more. The multitude marched along the capital’s main boulevards to the headquarters of the GERB party and the Bulgarian Sofialist Party ...
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AIDAAURA cruise liner refused to call in Izmir and arrived to Piraeus

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:58:00 +0300

2013-06-18 07:02 - AIDAAURA cruise liner refused came from Antalya to the Greek Piraeus port instead of the Turkish Izmir port according to its timetable.

Расписание / Cruise Schedule:

Antalya, Turkey ;
Izmir, Turkey;
Istanbul, Turkey 1700);
Sochi, Russia ;
Yalta, Ukraine ;
Odessa, Ukraine ;
Thessaloniki, Greece 1800);
Samos, Nisos Samos ;
Rhodes, Greece ;
Antalya, Turkey

AIDAAURA

Ship ...
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Incident Involving the Containership MOL Comfort

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:27:00 +0300

June 19, 2013. TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. reports that the containership MOL Comfortcould not continue sailing under its own power because the hull fractured in two parts while under way on the Indian Ocean.

Photo: Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre Mumbai

At about 10:00 JST on June 19, 2013, two parts, fore and aft, laden with containers are drifting at about 2 knots near ...
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11 new trains will be operated to Crimean destinations in summer

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:28:00 +0300

Prydniprovska Zaliznytsia has directed 5 all-year-round and 6 summer trains, which will offer 739.4 thousand beds to passengers during the period from June 1 to August 31.

During the massive recreation season the following trains will go to the Crimea: Moscow–Simferopol, Moscow–Sevastopol, Moscow–Feodosiya, Moscow–Yevpatoria, and Moscow–Berdyansk.

As for the national ...
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8 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 18, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / MAP

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:57:00 +0300

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 8 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 18, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 4.6 – took place in Crete, Greece.

Date & Time, UTC	Latitude		Longitude		Depth, km	Mag	Region name
2013-06-18 23:46:33.0	34.19	N	25.17	E	2	3.3	CRETE, GREECE
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Moldova ranks 74th in Global Peace Index top

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:59:00 +0300

With a total score of 1.98 points, the Republic of Moldova ranks 74th among those 162 countries included in the Global Peace Index 2013 top, worked out by the representatives of the Institute for Economics and Peace.

According to the Global Peace Index results, the top three most peaceful countries are Iceland, Denmark and New Zealand.

Moldova got the best place among the ...
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Fewer Russian tourists visiting Istanbul

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:19:00 +0300

Fewer Russian tourists are visiting Istanbul due to continuing protests in Turkey, Russian tourist agencies say.

According to representative of the Russian Express company, Alexey Lisovitsky, almost all Russians who wanted to visit Turkey in June cancelled their trips.

Adapted from Vestnik Kavkaza

UIA doubled the number of flights between Kyiv and London

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:48:00 +0300

Starting from June 17, “Ukraine International Airlines" doubled the number of flights between Kyiv and London – from one to two a day.

Kyiv departure time - 10:00 and 20:05; London departure time - 12:20 and 00:10. Boeing 737 aircrafts with the double class cabins are operated for these flights.

According to UIA Corporate Press Secretary Yevgeniya Satskaya, this destination is ...
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Cashless payments to be introduced at Novorossiysk public transport

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:20:00 +0300

According to the plans, an electronic payment system will be installed in trolleybuses and buses of Novorossiysk within the next 3 years.

At that, the possibility for cash payments will also be preserved.

At the first stage of the “Convenient route” project implementation all conductors will get mobile terminals for fare payment. There are plans to completely refuse from cash ...
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Eight injured in Bulgaria's anti-government protests

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:54:00 +0300

Eight people were injured in a clash between anti-government protesters and ultra-nationalist opposition party ATAKA supporters in Bulgarian capital, Sofia on Tuesday.

A group demanding resignation of Plamen Oresarski government marched towards ATAKA party building and shouted slogans against ATAKA's leader Volen Siderov, on the grounds that he provided support to the coalition ...
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Turkey-EU ties may downgrade – ruling party

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:29:00 +0300

The Turkish-EU relations may cool after biased and unfounded statements of the European Parliament, member of the board of the Turkish ruling Justice and Development Party Mazhar Bagli told Trend on Tuesday.

"Such statements can lead to a cooling of the Turkish-EU relations," he said. "But this does not fully affect the relations with the EU."

Earlier, the European Parliament made ...
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“Chornomornaftogaz” pumped in one third of gas, required by the Crimea in winter

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:02:00 +0300

Starting from April, the State joint-stock company “Chornomornaftogaz” has pumped in more than 120 million cubic meters of natural gas to the Glibovske underground storage facility. These works are carried out in the framework of preparation for the autumn and winter seasons of 2013-2014.

In 2013 “Chornomornaftogaz” expects to bring the active volume of the natural gas at the ...
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Moldovan PM chairs meeting of Millennium Challenge Fund’s Supervisory Board

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:32:00 +0300

Prime Minister Iurie Leanca today chaired a meeting of the Supervisory Board of the Millennium Challenge Fund Moldova. During the meeting, the officials discussed the policy on preventing and combating fraud and corruption risks, which will be enforced during the implementation of the Compact Programme, funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the government’s ...
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New measures in effect for hot air balloons in Cappadocia

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:58:00 +0300

Turkish Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs, and Communications General Directorate of Civil Aviation put a series of measures into effect to prevent hot air balloon accidents in Turkey's popular tourist destination Cappadoccia.

A circular released by the General Directorate of Civil Aviation on June 14, 2013 emphasized the need of further measures as air traffic in ...
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2 more companies declared the wish to build casinos in Azov-City area

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:27:00 +0300

Two more companies – “Favorit” and “Sil-Multi-Group” – have declared their willingness to build casinos in the Azov-City gambling area, located at the border of Krasnodar Krai and Rostov Region.

According to earlier information, “Royal Time Group” Company from Kazan has declared about new investments into Azov-City, planning to invest 1.5 billion rubles into the third stage of ...
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Time Warner Acquires Bulgaria’s bTV Owner CME

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:31:00 +0300

The European Commission has cleared the proposed acquisition of Central European Media Enterprises , based in Bermuda, by Time Warner of the United States.

The Commission's investigation confirmed that the proposed transaction will not have negative effects on competition, since the activities of the parties are mainly complementary and not in direct competition with each ...
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US rejects any American involvement in Gezi Park protests

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:26:00 +0300

17 June 2013 23:46. A US State Department spokesperson on Monday rejected a news story that appeared on a Turkish daily which accused a US-based think tank was behind Istanbul's Gezi Park protests.

"I did see the report and we absolutely reject the accusations that US groups or individuals are responsible for or have elevated, or escalated, I should actually say, the protests in ...
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Space launches under the “Sea Launch” program to be renewed in 2014

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:53:00 +0300

“Sea Launch” Board of Directors has approved the draft program for launching activities in 2014, which provides for 4 launches of “Zenith” carrier rockets from the equatorial zone in the Pacific Ocean.

According to the Head of Rocket and Space Corporation “Energia” Vitaliy Lopota, the first launch is supposed to be carried out in the period from April 1 till June 30, 2014 - ...
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Georgian Ministry of Culture refused to finance Batumi Jazz Festival

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:23:00 +0300

In 2013 the traditional Batumi Jazz Festival will get by €300 thousand less in financing.

Organizer of the Festival, "Eastern Promotion", has declared that in 2013 the major sponsor of the event – the Ministry of Culture – has refused to finance it, which fact has caused the reduction in the number of the event’s activities.

According to their information, in contrast with ...
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Russian military vehicles arrive in Baku

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:59:00 +0300

94 T-90S tanks, about 100 BMP-3 armored vehicles, 18 Msta-S SPGs, 18 Smerch multiple-rocket launchers, 18 Vena multiple-rocket launchers and 6 TOS-1A Solntsepyok flamethrowers have arrive from Russia to Baku, Vedomosti reports.

Azerbaijan also purchased BREM-1Ms, IMR-3Ms. The purchase is worth at least $700 million. Neither Russia, nor Azerbaijan have clarified the cost of the ...
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Direct flight between Odessa and Athens commenced

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:15:00 +0300

“Aviatrans-K” Airlines, together with Khors Airlines, started weekly flights between Odessa and Athens.

82-seat Bae Avro RJ 85 jet will be operated for these flights. That will be a seasonal flight, operated on Sundays until the end of October.

English translation by BSN

Sochi wants to introduce criminal punishments for unauthorized construction

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:47:00 +0300

According to the data by the beginning of June, 356 unauthorized construction objects have been demolished in Sochi. Such information was announced on June 17 at the meeting on city beautification and elimination of urban development violations.

Sochi Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov underlined that the situation concerning large buildings was more complicated. And the reason for that lies ...
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Crimean war battle reconstruction to take place near Balaklava

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:29:00 +0300

On July 6-7, the Balaklava area will host the International military and historic festival “Balaklava Ballad”, dedicated to the Crimean War events, in the framework of the Ukrainian and British Aviation Week.

The Festival is devoted to the 160^th anniversary of the Sevastopol Siege commencement.

The event will be organized by the Youth Public organization “Red Star” with the Air ...
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22 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 17, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region / MAP

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:59:00 +0300

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, there were 22 earthquakes with the magnitude of more than 3.0 on June 17, 2013 in the Black Sea countries’ region.

The strongest ones - with the magnitude 4.3 – took place in Crete, Greece.

Date & Time, UTC	Latitude		Longitude		Depth, km	Mag	Region name
2013-06-17 23:34:06.0	38.81	N	48.54	E	19	3.5	AZERBAIJAN
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Moldovan official, Council of Europe representatives discuss reforms, cooperation

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:06:00 +0300

Moldovan Deputy Foreign and European Integration Minister Iulian Groza today held a meeting with a delegation of the Secretariat of the Council of Europe, headed by the deputy political counsellor, Daniil Khochabo, the Foreign and European Integration Ministry’s media and public relations department has reported.

The delegation of the Secretariat of the Council of Europe is ...
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Kuban authorities will not ban Elton John’s concert show in Krasnodar

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:34:00 +0300

Krasnodar Krai authorities will not ban the concert show of British singer and composer Elton John in Krasnodar, despite the requests of priests.

Such information has been announced by the Regional Administration.

The letter to Kuban Governor with a request to prohibit the concert show has been signed by 11 clergymen, since, in their opinion, the singer propagandizes ...
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Romanian wine maker Domeniile Ostrov to invest EUR 4 mln this year in wine tourism facilities / PHOTOS

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:36:00 +0300

The Romanian wine maker Domeniile Ostrov plans to invest a total of some EUR 4 million by the end of this year in wine tourism facilities, according to the company.

The wine maker has already opened Dionis Hotel at its vineyards in Dobrogea, with a capacity of eight rooms, while a villa complex is to be completed in the following three months. For the two units, Domeniile Ostrov ...
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Georgian Defense Minister Visits Azerbaijan

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:30:00 +0300

Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Alasania met his Azerbaijani counterpart, Colonel General Safar Abiyev, in Baku, the Georgian Ministry of Defense said on June 17.

It said that the two ministers discussed prospects for bilateral military cooperation. “Military-political situation in the region was also discussed,” the Georgian MoD said.

Adapted from Civil.ge

PM reconfirms EU officials' support for Moldova’s integration path

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:01:00 +0300

Moldova continues to be the champion of the Eastern Partnership countries as regards the reform promotion, Prime Minister Iurie Leanca said. Leanca made statements to this effect in a news conference today, after coming back from its first visit to Brussels as head of government.

Leanca said that the European high-ranking officials had reconfirmed their support for Moldova’s ...
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Moldovan Supreme Security Council examines Information, Security Service reform, situation in breakaway region

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:09:00 +0300

The Supreme Security Council today, in a meeting, examined a draft on the Information and Security Service Reform Strategy and the action plan on the strategy’s implementation.

After the meeting, the SIS head, Mihai Balan, said that the documents examined today were very important for ensuring Moldova’s national security. He added that the actions that would be taken would lead ...
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New metro line in İstanbul opened

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:30:00 +0300

A new metro line connecting the main bus terminal in Esenler to Olimpiyatköy was opened on Friday. The new line is 21.7 kilometers long and has 16 stops. With this new line, which is capable of carrying 111,000 people per hour, traveling from the Esenler to Olimpiyatköy takes 26 minutes.

Although İstanbul Mayor Kadir Topbaş did a test-drive on the new line in January 2011 and ...
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Toll set for new Romania – Bulgaria bridge opening

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:08:00 +0300

Tolls have been set for the new Calafat – Vidin bridge, connecting Romania to its neighbor Bulgaria, which is set to open on Friday, June 14.

Vehicles with 8+1 places, as well as merchandise transport cars under 3.7 tones will pay EUR 6 to cross the bridge, and the toll doubles for vehicles with over 9 seats – maximum 23 seats, as well as for trucks and lorries between 3.5 and ...
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Foreign investments into the Crime reached approximately $1.5 billion

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:25:00 +0300

By the beginning of 2013 the volume of direct foreign investments into the Crimea from 49 countries reached $1.46 billion.

According to the Crimean Minister of Finance Nicolay Skoryk, foreign investments per Crimean resident amount to $748, exceeding the figure of 2012 by $152. The vast majority of all foreign capital has been invested into construction, agriculture, and ...
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Sochi Airport start receiving Boeing 777 aircrafts

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:58:00 +0300

“Basel Aero” Company informs that Sochi International Airport starts the receipt and servicing of Boeing 777 aircrafts.

At the end of May 2013 Sochi International Airport obtained the permission for the receipt of Boeing 777 aircrafts. The Certificate of the Sochi Airport state registration and operational feasibility has got a record on its fitness for operation of ...
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OECD expects 12 percent of Bulgarians to emigrate in 2014

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:29:00 +0300

In its annual report, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development forecasts that 12 percent of the Bulgarians or some 880 thousand people would leave the country after labor restrictions are lifted next year.

Emigration has increased in the countries that have been worst affected by the global crisis. However, higher immigration does not mean higher state debt for ...
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Adjara to build 3 dams

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:01:00 +0300

Adjara Water – Georgia has initiated construction of the Shaukhevi-Skhalta dam and two more dams in Khelvachauri and Keda.

A 36-km tunnel will be built underground to bring water to the central dam. The three power plants worth $700 million will produce 1200MW.

Georgian NGOs have expressed ecological concerns with the project. Adjara Water – Georgia promised to make new studies of ...
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Newly established “Administration of Sea Ports of Ukraine” headed by Odessa port manager

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:38:00 +0300

Starting from June 12, Odessa Commercial Sea Port Manager Yuri Vaskov left his post at Odessa Port and headed the Administration of Sea Ports of Ukraine on the next day.

The new state company “Administration of Sea Ports of Ukraine” commenced its activities on June 13, 2013 in accordance with the Law of Ukraine “On sea ports”. The administration has become a successor for the ...
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Amount of Taman Port construction costs adjusted

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:12:00 +0300

76 billion rubles from the Federal Budget will be spent for construction of objects at Taman Port. Taking into account private investments, the total of 228 billion rubles will be spent for this construction.

The Government resolution “On amendments to the sub-program “Development of transport service exports” of the Federal target program “Russian transport system development ” ...
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Bulgarians Protest against Cabinet and New SANS Head

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:43:00 +0300

For a third day in a row, thousands of Bulgarians in Sofia and in other major cities protested in the streets to voice their discontent over the policies of the new government and oppose the decision of Parliament to appoint controversial MRF MP Delyan Peevski as Chair of the State Agency for National Security .

According to reports of the Interior Ministry, the rally taking ...
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Turkish trade unions call for strike

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:42:00 +0300

The Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions , Confederation of Public Workers' Unions , Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects , Turkish Medical Association , Turkish Dental Association have stated that they would go on a general strike on Monday.

According to a statement released, those NGOs said their members would go to their work places on Monday, express ...
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National bank of Ukraine to switch from WebMoney to Forex

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:10:00 +0300

The National Bank of Ukraine has set up a working group to develop regulatory measures on legalization of the Ukrainian market Forex.

This was stated by the first deputy head of the National Bank, Borys Prykhodko, the Ukrainian media reported Friday.

"There are tens of millions of dollars exported by not quite official patterns through brokers and working for other countries' ...
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UN report: Romania’s population set to fall by over 15% in next 40 years, among the biggest drops in world

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:26:00 +0300

The UN’s new world population forecasts suggest that Romania’s population set to fall by more than 15 percent by 2050, placing it in the group of countries with the biggest population drops.

Romania’s large predicted population fall will be mirrored in a number of other countries in the region: Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Romania, Russia, ...
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Ukraine raised gas imports from Poland by 21%

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:05:00 +0300

129 million cubic meters of gas were taken to the Ukrainian gas-transport system in May 2013, exceeding the April volumes by 27 million cubic meters.

37.8 million cubic meters of gas were reversely transported from Hungary in May – twice as much as in April, Ukrinform reports.

The total volume of natural gas from Poland and Hungary, received from November 2012 till June 1, 2013, ...
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