Europe-East articles from September 2004

Europe-East archives from September 2004

TIME TO PUT MOLDOVA ON THE MAP.(Moldova in world news.)
September 9, 2004... The hostage crisis in Beslan, southern Russia, was shocking even by the standards of this disaster-ridden millennium, but regrettably it was not the first time in recent months that schoolchildren have been the victim of political machinations...

EU/FYROM: NEW EU-FUNDED STRETCH OF TRANS-EUROPEAN ROAD OPENED.
September 9, 2004... A new improved 8.3 kilometre section of the trans-European E-75 motorway was officially opened in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on July 30. The E-75, also known as Corridor X and part of the Trans-European Road Network,...

EU/UKRAINE: TRANSDNISTRIAN QUESTION HIGH ON AGENDA OF LATEST "TROIKA" MEETING.(meetings agenda)(Brief Article)
September 9, 2004... EU and Ukrainian officials exchanged thoughts about how to resolve Moldova's Transdnistrian 'schools crisis' and revive talks towards a political settlement of the Transdnistrian conflict at a September 2 meeting between Ukraine and an EU COEST...

EU/BELARUS: WORRIES ABOUT CLOSURE OF EUROPEAN HUMANITIES UNIVERSITY.(Brief Article)
September 9, 2004... The European Union reacted with consternation at the end of July to steps taken by the authorities in Belarus that it said threatened the closure of the European Humanities University (EHU) in Minsk. Among other things the EU noted that the...

ROMANIAN PETROM PRIVATISATION PROGRESSES.(Brief Article)
September 9, 2004... The Austrian group OMV has taken a 33% stake in Romania's largest oil company Petrom, at a cost of Euro 669 million. It is planning to use a capital injection to raise its investment to 51% (at an extra financial outlay of between 723 and 855...

EU/RUSSIA: LITHUANIA RAISES KALININGRAD RAIL TARIFFS FOR OIL, METAL FREIGHT.(Lithuanian Railways)(Brief Article)
September 9, 2004... Lithuania's national railway company, Lithuanian Railways, raised from September 3 tariffs for transit shipments of crude oil, oil products and ferrous metals to Russia's Kaliningrad exclave by 15% on average. As reported by the Lithuanian...

EU/UKRAINE: ENLARGEMENT TO LEAD TO TOURISM BOOM?(Brief Article)
September 9, 2004... The EU's eastward enlargement will boost the number of tourists from Western Europe visiting Ukraine as tourism prices rise in the new Member States, Ukrainian tourism industry experts say according to Ukrinform. This year as many as 20 million...

EU/KYRGYZSTAN: MORE HELP FOR FOOD SECURITY ANNOUNCED.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2004... The European Commission and the Kyrgyz Republic are to sign an agreement providing a further Euro 9.5 million towards food security in the country, the Commission's delegation in Almaty, Kazakhstan, has announced. This is the second phase of a...