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Thursday's Europa League Scores [Jul 30, 2010] (Home teams listed first) Third qualifying round, first leg APOEL Nicosia (Cyprus) 1, Jablonec (Czech Republic) 0 Aalesunds (Norway) 1, Motherwell (Scotland) 1 AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands) 2, Gothenburg (Sweden) 0 Beroe Stara Zagora (Bulgaria) 1, Rapid Vienna (Austria) 1 Buducnost Podgorica (Montenegro) 1, Brondby (Denmark) 2 Cercle Brugge (Belgium) 1, Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus) 0 Dinamo ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Thursday's Europa League Results [Jul 29, 2010] (Home teams listed first) Third Qualifying Round First Leg APOEL Nicosia (Cyprus) 1, Jablonec (Czech Republic) 0 Aalesunds (Norway) 1, Motherwell (Scotland) 1 AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands) 2, Gothenburg (Sweden) 0 Beroe Stara Zagora (Bulgaria) 1, Rapid Vienna (Austria) 1 Buducnost Podgorica (Montenegro) 1, Brondby (Denmark) 2 Cercle Brugge (Belgium) 1, Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus) 0 Dinamo Bucharest ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Istanbul Cup Results [Jul 27, 2010] ISTANBUL (AP) -- Results Tuesday from the Istanbul Cup, a $220,000 WTA Tour tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Enka Arena: Singles First Round Tsvetana Pironkova (5), Bulgaria, def. Tatjana Malek , Germany, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Anastasija Sevastova , Latvia, def. Petra Kvitova (2), Czech Republic, 6-2, 0-6, 6-4. Elena Vesnina , Russia, def. Bojana Jovanovski , Serbia, 6-2, 6-0. Francesca ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Wednesday's European Champions League Scores [Jul 22, 2010] (Home teams listed first) Second qualifying round, second leg Debreceni (Hungary) 3, Levadia Tallinn (Estonia) 2 (Debreceni advanced on 4-3 aggregate) HJK Helsinki (Finland) 2, Ekranas (Lithuania) 0, OT (HJK Helsinki advanced on 2-1 aggregate) Hafnarfjordur (Iceland) 0, BATE Borisov (Bulgaria) 1 (BATE Borisov advanced on 6-1 aggregate) Jeunesse Esch (Luxembourg) 0, AIK Stockholm (Sweden) 0 (AIK ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Champions League Draw List [Jul 22, 2010] NYON, Switzerland (AP) -- Draw for the third qualifying round of the European Champions League: First legs July 27-28; second legs Aug. 3-4 Champions Path AIK Stockholm (Sweden) vs. Rosenborg (Norway) Aktobe (Kazakhstan) vs. Hapoel Tel-Aviv (Israel) BATE Borisov (Bulgaria) vs. Copenhagen (Denmark) Debreceni (Hungary) vs. Basel (Switzerland) Litex Lovech (Bulgaria) vs. Zilina (Slovakia) Omonia ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Hannu Pro Bulgaria Denies Plans for Merger with Slovakias Towercom [Jul 20, 2010] Latvia-based Hannu Pro, which will operate four out of six nation-wide DTT multiplexes in Bulgaria, has refuted reports of an upcoming merger with the other player on the market Slovakias Towercom. [via YahooNews] More >>

Champions League Draw List [Jul 07, 2010] NYON, Switzerland (AP) -- Draw for the second qualifying round of the European Champions League: First leg July 13-14 Second leg July 20-21 AIK Solna (Sweden) vs. Jeunesse Esch (Luxembourg) Aktobe (Kazakhstan) vs. Olimpi Rustavi (Georgia) BATE Borisov (Bulgaria) vs. Hafnarfjordur (Iceland) Birkirkara (Malta) vs. Zilina (Slovakia) Bohemian (Ireland) vs. The New Saints(Wales) Dinamo Zagreb ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Galway, Ireland (Irish Emigrant) [Mar 14, 2010] Although Sweden will continue to have an Ambassador to Ireland, from August he or she will no longer be resident in this country as the Swedish Government has decided to close its embassies in Ireland, Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Slovakia and Slovenia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia Ambassador Wins Ski Cup of Bulgaria Foreign Minister (Novinite.com) [Mar 14, 2010] Slovakia?s Ambassador to Bulgaria, Karol Mistrik, has triumphed in the contest for the Ski Cup of Bulgaria?s Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia gold winner 'wanted Bulgarian switch' (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports) [Feb 25, 2010] Anastazia Kuzmina won the Olympics 7.5 km biathlon sprint in Vancouver for Slovakia's first-ever Winter Games gold but only a few months ago she had been ready to compete for Bulgaria, said Bulgarian sports chiefs. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU's newly elected European Commission (AP via Yahoo! Finance) [Feb 09, 2010] Here are the 27 members of the newly elected European Commission: President: Jose Manuel Barroso (Portugal) Foreign affairs: Catherine Ashton (Britain) Antitrust: Joaquin Almunia (Spain) Digital economy: Neelie Kroes (Netherlands) Administration: Maros Sefcovic (Slovakia) Regional policy: Johannes Hahn (Austria) Trade: Karel de Gucht (Belgium) Humanitarian aid: Kristalina Georgieva (Bulgaria ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Vietnam marks ties with central European nations (Nh?n D?n) [Feb 09, 2010] Vietnam marked its 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties with Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia in Hanoi on February 8. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Promotes Itself as All-year Slovak Holiday Destination (Novinite.com) [Jan 20, 2010] Bulgaria will promote the country as an year-round destination at the forthcoming tourist exhibition in Bratislava, Slovakia. Photo by incheba.sk [via YahooNews] More >>

General Manager of Coface Romania to overtake management of Bulgarian and Slovakian subsidiaries (Nine O'Clock) [Apr 02, 2009] The General Manager of Coface Romania overtook the management of two more subsidiaries in the Coface portfolio of Eastern Europe, respectively in Bulgaria and Slovakia, and was appointed country cluster manager, the company announced yesterday. [via YahooNews] More >>

East Europe banks back economies (BBC News) [Mar 04, 2009] The central banks of the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania and Slovakia issue a joint statement defending their economies. [via YahooNews] More >>

Central banks in Central Europe protest against region's internationalassessment (Interfax) [Mar 04, 2009] PRAGUE. MARCH 4. INTERFAX CENTRAL EUROPE - The Central Banks of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria protested in a joint statement Wednesday against the current assessment of financial and banking systems in these countries, a press release of the National Bank of Slovakia (NBS) has said. [via YahooNews] More >>

East Europe banks back economies (BBC News) [Mar 04, 2009] The central banks of the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania and Slovakia issue a joint statement defending their economies. [via YahooNews] More >>

IMS Adoption vs. NGN Application Growth: Where's the Revenue? (Converge! Network Digest) [Feb 01, 2009] European Commission Drops Telecom Cases Against Five Countries The European Commission closed five infringement proceedings against EU Member States (Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Luxembourg and Cyprus) after they took steps at national level to correct the problems. [via YahooNews] More >>

Sechin: Ukraine denies gas to Moldova, Slovakia, Bulgaria (KYIV Post) [Jan 16, 2009] Gorki - Ukraine has turned down a Russian request to supply gas from Ukrainian depots to Moldova, Slovakia and Bulgaria as countries particularly short of gas, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said on Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Putin confirms Bulgarian, Slovakian PMs to visit Wednesday (Eu Business) [Jan 13, 2009] (MOSCOW ) - The premiers of Bulgaria and Slovakia will visit Moscow on Wednesday for gas crisis talks, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said as Russian gas supplies remained halted for a seventh day. [via YahooNews] More >>