Serbian PM blocks EU pact over Kosovo, despite vote

Serbia needs more time, Slovenian officials say

BELGRADE -- Serbia needs more time to prepare for signing the political deal with the EU, says the Slovenian EU presidency.

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Tirana _ Canadian-based Bankers Petroleum Ltd said on Wednesday it had completed a €40 million deal for the private placement of stock to finance oil exploration and asset purchase in Albania.

Kosovo Activist Kurti Released

Kurti, who is Vetevendosje’s leader, was rearrested last week for what police said was his “failure to turn up at his own trial,”, and was ordered to be detained for 30 days.

Several human rights campaigners criticised the move and said the proceedings against Kurti were “politically motivated”.

They also slammed the judiciary for imposing defence counsel on the accused, without his consent.

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Serbia's PM blocks EU pact in protest over Kosovo declaration

Serbia's nationalist prime minister yesterday blocked the signing of a landmark pact between Belgrade and the EU in an attempt to delay the secession of Kosovo.

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The long-awaited Iranian Oil Bourse, a place for trading oil, petrochemicals and gas in various non-dollar currencies, will soon open.

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Petras explains the root of the Lobby's power lies in the high proportion of Jewish families who are among the wealthiest and most influential ones in the country. He cites Forbes magazine that reported 25 - 30% of the wealthiest families here are Jewish despite the small percentage of Jews in the population overall. They include billionaires with enormous influence, and along with all others comprising the Jewish Lobby, have created a "tyranny of Israel over the US" with consequences grave enough to threaten world peace and stability, the global economy, and the very future of democracy in this country.

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Serbia deadlocked over EU, Kosovo mission

Serbia's pro-European President Boris Tadic and nationalist Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica clashed Wednesday over EU plans for Belgrade and its breakaway Kosovo province.

Macedonia wants NATO membership to help over Kosovo

Albania and Kosovo will not unify- Albanian PM

Kosovo leaders will proclaim independence by the end of February 2008, Albanian prime minister Sali Berisha said.

Prosecutor Salustro, insults Kurti and all Kosovo lawyers (dailies)

By raising his voice and using strong language the court room during the trial of “Vetëvendosja” leader Albin Kurti, Italian Prosecutor Maurizzio Salustro has undermined his commitment to doing his job properly, dailies report.

“Kurti will wait for you in jail until you get ready. I hope you will keep your promise to show up to the session on Thursday. In case you don’t show up, expect the possible punishment, we will appoint the president of the Chamber of Lawyers of Kosovo, Ramë Gashi to protect Kurti,” Salustro told Kurti’s lawyer, Fetije Uka. Uka refused to handle Kurti’s case prior to his agreement, but after being ‘threatened’ by the Italian prosecutor Salustro, she accepted her assignment saying, “I will defend Albin Kurti regardless if he wants it or not,” according to dailies.