World Court says Kosovo’s independence legal
of Justice has given an unbinding ruling on Thursday saying Kosovo’s unilateral secession from Serbia as legal, dealing a major blow to the issue of sovereignty and territorial integrity of many nations around the world. A Kosovo Albanian woman walks past a graffiti in the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, December 9, 2007. The UN […]
Joint IMF-EC Press Release on the European Banking Coordination Initiative Meeting for Romania
In a meeting of the European Bank Coordination Initiative held on 22 July 2010 in Brussels, the parent banks of the nine largest foreign-owned banks operating in Romania reaffirmed the support to their Romanian affiliates. These commitments, along with the multilateral financial assistance package, are helping Romania consolidate investor confidence and return the economy to […]
Plexus shares rise as 3Q profit more than doubles
NEENAH, Wis. – Shares of Plexus Corp. rose Thursday after the company said its fiscal third-quarter profit more than doubled to beat Wall Street’s expectations, and forecast another healthy quarter. Plexus ( PLXS – news – people ), which provides design, manufacturing and testing services to manufacturers, said it operations in all sectors except for […]
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Hermes Expo International: Past, Present, and Future of the Unique Ethnic Networking Business Event
Since 1992, Hermes Expo International has made it possible for Ethnic businesses from Greece, South Eastern Europe, and the Mediterranean to reach ethnic markets in the United States. Over the years, fully American businesses, along with those from other nations, have come aboard to share the benefits of the Hermes Expo’s successful record in the […]
U.S. blames fax for diplomatic gaffe over Russian
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has apologized to Russia for failing to give it prompt notice that a Russian citizen was in U.S. custody and blamed the error on an official hitting the wrong fax button, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday. The notification went to Romania instead of Russia, said U.S. officials […]
Romanian banknotes get binned
BUCHAREST – Romanian authorities do not merely bin banknotes withdrawn from circulation, they turn them into dustbins, a central bank official said Thursday. „The central bank processes roughly 4.5 million banknotes daily, of which 1.2 percent are deteriorated and must be withdrawn from circulation,” the official said on condition of anonymity. „These notes are shredded […]
Le cas GM de Strasbourg : travailler plus pour gagner moins, par Sébastien Ruaux
Billet invité Voici un exemple flagrant d’abus en période de crise. Mais avant tout pour bien comprendre faisons le point sur l’état des négociations. D’un coté, nous avons une société américaine, détenue pour plus de 60% par l’état américain, qui essaie de négocier une remise en route de son site (en le rachetant à une […]
U.S. blames fax for diplomatic gaffe over Russian
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has apologized to Russia for failing to give it prompt notice that a Russian citizen was in U.S. custody and blamed the error on an official hitting the wrong fax button, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday. The notification went to Romania instead of Russia, said U.S. officials […]
Tan Opera Chief Holender Says Goodbye to Vienna, Hello to Met: Interview
Ioan Holender, former general manager of Vienna’s Staatsoper opera company. Holender ran the company for nineteen years, the longest reign in the theater’s history. Source: Wiener Staatsoper via Bloomberg Nina Stemme as Leonora, left, and Salvatore Licitra as Alvaro, perform in Verdi’s „La forza del destino” (The Force of Destiny) at the Staatsoper in Vienna, […]
Piocelle vers la Roumanie
Malgré une prolongation de contrat signée en juin dernier (liant le milieu de terrain jusqu’en 2012), Sébastien Piocelle va vraisemblablement quitter Arles-Avignon, a-t-on appris jeudi auprès de l’ACA. Pourtant cadre de l’équipe arlésienne, qu’il a mené brassard au bras jusqu’à la montée en Ligue 1 la saison dernière, l’ancien Nantais, 31 ans, ne devrait pas […]
