<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Balkans News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=65&amp;catid=212</link><description>News Feed for - Balkans</description><item><title>Petrol says interested in buying Croatian Crobenz</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96555703&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=212</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T08:59:00</pubDate><description>LJUBLJANA, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Slovenia's largest fuel retailer Petrol said on Thursday it is interested in buying Crobenz, a small fuel retailer of Croatian oil group Ina put up for sale for anti-trust </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>GREECE - Factors to Watch on November 26</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96451925&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=212</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T08:59:00</pubDate><description>, 03:43 AM EST ATHENS, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events which may affect Greek financial markets on Thursday: Article DIM ECONOMIC PROSPECTS BATTER GREEK MARKETS Greek </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Serbian shoe-thrower fined for parliament outburst</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96593327&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=212</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T20:34:00</pubDate><description>BBC News, Belgrade Parliament in Serbia has been interrupted after a Radical Party MP threw her shoes at the deputy speaker. Members of the chamber were discussing a new bill giving wide-ranging autonomy </description><source>BBC</source></item><item><title>Montenegro tries nine for sending refugees to death</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96579514&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=212</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T16:29:00</pubDate><description>PODGORICA, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Montenegrin police rounded up dozens of refugees who fled war-torn Bosnia in 1992 and handed them over to Bosnian Serb forces who later executed many of them, a Montenegrin </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>FACTBOX-Soccer-World-Slovenia</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96444932&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=212</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T03:52:00</pubDate><description>Nov 26 (Reuters) - Factbox on World Cup qualifiers Slovenia:</description><source>Reuters Africa</source></item><item><title>Horse placenta clinic in Belgrade shut down</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96586451&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=212</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T19:15:00</pubDate><description>Therapist was not registered and paid no taxes, it is claimed FIRST POSTED NOVEMBER 26, 2009 The Belgrade clinic of 'Madame Placenta', the n therapist whose 'miracle cure' has been sought by Premier League </description><source>First Post</source></item><item><title>Prime Minister says arrests in Croatian Motorways show institutions are doing their </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96581041&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=212</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T16:46:00</pubDate><description>Register: Government / / 2009 Use menu to choose period Newsletter subscription Sign in as a registered user to customize your newsletter subscription! Sign in as a registered user to customize your newsletter </description><source>Government of the Republic of Croatia</source></item><item><title>Cardinal Josip Bozani in Macedonia</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96580647&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=212</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T16:40:00</pubDate><description>Welcome to Croatian Heritage Foundation Web Pages - Thursday, 26.11.2009. Search  17.11.2009.  Text by: Ljerka Toch Naumova</description><source>Croatian Heritage Foundation</source></item><item><title>Soldier runs off as intruder commits suicide Franz Joseph letters auction Swine </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96464480&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=212</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T16:20:00</pubDate><description>Soldier runs off as intruder commits suicide Landeck. A soldier on guard at a military base in Tyrol fled in terror after a man stormed a barracks guard room and then killed himself, it has emerged. Officials </description><source>Wiener Zeitung</source></item><item><title>PM Thai: Kosovo is a champion of democracy in the Balkans</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96573398&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=212</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T15:34:00</pubDate><description>November 2009 The following is the full text of the Prime Ministers remarks: Firstly I would like to thank you, the journalists, for your ongoing coverage of this election period, including the campaign, </description><source>New Kosova Report</source></item><item><title>Petrol Eyeing Croatian Fuel Retailer Crobenz</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96572972&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=212</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T15:30:00</pubDate><description>(STA) - Slovenian energy company Petrol has expressed interest in talks on a possible acquisition of Crobenz, a small fuel retailer belonging to Croatian oil group Ina.</description><source>STA</source></item><item><title>MP throws both shoes at Serbian deputy Speaker</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96561904&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=212</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T15:15:00</pubDate><description>(BBC Monitoring via COMTEX) -- Belgrade - The session of the Serbian parliament was briefly interrupted today after an opposition MP threw both her shoes at the deputy speaker. A short recess was announced </description><source>Investors Business Daily</source></item><item><title>Bosnian President Starts Visit Today</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96422924&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=212</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T15:29:00</pubDate><description>(STA) - The chair of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency, Zeljko Komsic, will begin a two-day visit to Slovenia on Thursday. Komsic and Slovenian President Danilo Tuerk are expected to discuss ways to boost </description><source>STA</source></item><item><title>Heated EP debate over use of name Macedonia</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96564563&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=212</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T14:07:00</pubDate><description>Strasbourg, November 26 (MIA) - Use of name Macedonia caused a heated discussion late Wednesday at the European Parliament plenary session, which focused on the draft-resolution for EU enlargement with </description><source>MTnet</source></item><item><title>GfK study: 52 percent of Macedonians use Internet</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96564551&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=212</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T14:07:00</pubDate><description>Skopje, November 26 (MIA) - Fifty-two percent of Macedonian citizens over the age of 15 use the Internet, show results of the GfK (Growth for Knowledge) Group survey. Compared to last year, Internet penetration </description><source>MTnet</source></item><item><title>EP recommends start of negotiations with Macedonia</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96564536&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=212</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T14:06:00</pubDate><description>Strasbourg, November 26 (MIA) - The Council of EU at its summit on December 7 to confirm European Commission's recommendation for start of accession talks with Macedonia, it is required by a resolution </description><source>MTnet</source></item><item><title>Second A(H1N1) flu victim in Macedonia</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96564513&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=212</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T14:06:00</pubDate><description>Skopje, November 26 (MIA) - A patient, born 1932, having chronic obstructive lung disease is the second A(H1N1) flu victim in Macedonia.'This was a patient treated earlier for chronic obstructive lung </description><source>MTnet</source></item><item><title>New 20 thousand vaccines against H1N1 flu to arrive in Macedonia</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96503204&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=212</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T14:06:00</pubDate><description>Skopje, November 26 (MIA) - Twenty thousand dosages of vaccines against the A (H1N1) flu virus have been procured from pharmaceutical company Baxter and are due to arrive in Macedonia in the next several </description><source>MTnet</source></item><item><title>Bosnian gets new security minister</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96561683&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=212</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T13:40:00</pubDate><description>(BBC Monitoring via COMTEX) -- The Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA has reported that Saik Ahmetovic from the main Muslim party, the Party of Democratic Action or SDA, has taken office as Bosnia-Hercegovina </description><source>Investors Business Daily</source></item><item><title>1Malaysia Specially Flown To Zagreb</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96555480&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=212</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T08:44:00</pubDate><description>KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 26 (Bernama) -- The people of Croatia recently had the opportunity to learn of the 1Malaysia concept through a special Malaysian food and cultural promotion at the nation's capital, </description><source>Bernama</source></item><item><title>Turkey extradites Albanian mob leader</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96552185&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=212</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T08:11:00</pubDate><description>News extradites Albanian mob leader Turkey extradited on Wednesday to Albania leader of a criminal syndicate who had been sought for the murder of at least 15 people between 1997 and 2001. The mob leader, </description><source>Zaman</source></item><item><title>KCCI delegation meets Bosnian Chamber of foriegn trade</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96543125&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=212</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T06:01:00</pubDate><description>(MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) A Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (KCCI) delegation met on Tuesday evening here with Bosnian Businessmen and with members of the Bosnia-Herzegovinan chamber </description><source>MENAFN</source></item><item><title>Macedonia Could Become Regional Player in Field of Modern Dance</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96402698&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=212</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T05:27:00</pubDate><description>Macedonia has the chance to become a regional player in the field of modern dance in the Western Balkans, whereas promotion of contemporary culture could further contribute to the country's positive image, </description><source>Skopje Online</source></item><item><title>Serbian Surprise: Hatis star Vulic busts a move for Armenias revived womens basketball</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96528561&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=212</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T03:12:00</pubDate><description>Vulic has become popular for her play and her playfulness. By Published: 20 November, 2009 Article tools A Serb basketball player has won the affection of Armenian fans after last weeks victorious game </description><source>Armenia Now</source></item><item><title>Russia central bank cuts rates to hold down ruble</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96386978&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=212</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T03:36:00</pubDate><description>MOSCOW -- The Russian central bank cut its main interest rate to a record low 9.0 percent on Tuesday to check a strengthening ruble that threatens to harm the major oil and gas producer's crucial exports. </description><source>China Post</source></item></channel></rss>