Tue, Feb 09 2010
An election poster in the Kosovo town of Djakovica

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While the US, UK and Swedish presidency of the EU praise the conduct of Kosovo’s first local elections since its self-declared independence, Belgrade slams the vote as illegitimate.
Advertisements to promote the image of Kosovo are to be broadcast on major television channels including CNN, BBC and euronews, a media report in Pristina says.
Austrian Airlines experienced important changes in the summer of 2009
But in Macedonia and Kosovo, not everyone is happy, with some local and opposition parties alleging that their respective country had lost on the deal.
On the eve of his October 20 2009 visit to Belgrade, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev says that joint energy projects will be on an agenda geared to build further co-operation between Russia and Serbia.
Gunter Verheugen: Greek government to take urgent measures and resolve the ongoing border crisis between the countries caused by protesting farmers
Out of favour with her own constituents, Greek agriculture minister Katerina Batzeli is to meet representatives of the farmers blockading the Bulgarian border.
Super-rich have taken huge sums out of the country in the wake of slump and pending deficit reduction measures
In Bucharest, the supreme defence council has agreed to the Obama’s administration proposal and negotiations on details are to follow; the Kremlin says it will comment on February 5.
Voicing their discontent against the Greek government's austerity programme, meant to tackle deficit and public debt, Greek customs officers and tax collectors have gone on strike.