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| Jan.1 |
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Romania and Bulgaria join the EU 
Huge celebrations have been held to mark the accession to the European Union, 17 years after the fall of Communism
| Tens of thousands attended concerts in Bucharest and Sofia. EU now has 27 members and 0.5 billion people. The two new countries face export bans on certain foods. Bulgaria has been warned that 55 aircraft could be grounded
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| Jan.6 |
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Ljubicic overcomes Murray in final |
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| Jan.11 |
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Blast hits U.S. Embassy compound
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| Jan.13 |
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Police hunt embassy attackers |
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| Jan.20 |
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Serbs voting for new parliament |
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| Jan.21 |
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Radicals shock winners Serbian Radical Party (SRS) had taken 28.5% of the vote. Tomislav Nikolic, urged the government to resign
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| Jan.24 |
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Greek warning over London auction |
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| Jan.25 |
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Disputed Greek sale nets millions |
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| Feb.1 |
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Kosovo 'should split from Serbia' UN's special envoy Martti Ahtisaari's plan: Kosovo will be allowed to separate from Serbia and use its own national symbols
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| Feb.26 |
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Serbia guilty of failing to prevent genocide The International Court of Justice clears Serbia of direct responsibility and complicity in the case
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| Mar.10 |
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Leaders hold final Kosovo talks |
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| Mar.27 |
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Prime minister touts U.N. plan |
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| Mar.29 |
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Ancient wreath returns |
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| Mar.30 |
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Brawl halts team sports
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| Apr.1 |
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Djokovic dash to Miami title glory |
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| Apr.5 |
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1,200 rescued from cruise ship A ship carrying 1,200 passengers and a crew of 400 was being evacuated off the island of Santorini after issuing a distress signal
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| Apr.7 |
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Officers charged in cruise ship sinking |
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Slovenian completes Amazon swim
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| Apr.10 |
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Serbia jails Srebrenica death squad
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| Apr.16 |
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War crimes trial opens for ex-minister |
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| May.6 |
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Panathinaikos celebrate Euro title |
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| May.13 |
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Ivanovic fights back to take title |
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| May.18 |
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Vote on president's fate |
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| May.19 |
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President: Vote is mandate for reform
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| May.23 |
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12 jailed for killing PM Djindjic Milosevic's paramilitary commander and 11 other were convicted of assassinating first democratically elected prime minister, Zoran Djindjic
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Inzaghi brace wins cup for Milan AC Milan beat Liverpool 2-1 with 2 goals from Inzaghi to win the European Cup for the 7th time and avenge their defeat in the final 2 years ago
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| May.27 |
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Romanian drama wins Cannes gold |
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| May.31 |
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Aide to wanted Mladic is arrested
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| Jun.1 |
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Jankovic knocks out Venus |
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| Jun.7 |
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Ivanovic routs Sharapova
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| Jun.10 |
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Bush greeted as hero U.S. President has said 'the time is now' to grant independence to Kosovo and called on Moscow not to slow down the process
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Bush ends Europe tour US President talks with Bulgarian leaders are expected to focus on independence for Kosovo and the siting of a US missile defence system
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| Jun.11 |
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Bulgaria presses Bush on shield
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Bush urges Libya to free nurses |
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| Jun.12 |
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Serb jailed over ethnic cleansing
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| Jun.17 |
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War crimes fugitive arrested |
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| Jun.20 |
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Libya sets date for nurses' ruling |
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| Jul.11 |
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Court upholds death verdicts Libya's Supreme Court has upheld the sentences of 5 Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting 400 children with the A...
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| Jul.17 |
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Medics' sentences commuted
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| Jul.20 |
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Kosovo vote plan put on hold |
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| Jul.23 |
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HIV medics released to Bulgaria 6 Bulgarian medics who were serving life sentences have been freed and are now on a plane to Bulgaria
| The 5 nurses and a Palestinian doctor were convicted of deliberately infecting Libyan children with HIV. The release had been made possible by a deal struck on improving Libya-EU ties
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| Jul.26 |
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Raging fires add to heat wave woes
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| Jul.28 |
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Libya details medic release deal Libya said backing for a fund for the victims had come from the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Qatar
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| Aug.1 |
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Serbia 'may compromise on Kosovo' |
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| Aug.5 |
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Dubrovnik menaced by major fire 
A state of emergency has been declared in the city, whose suburbs are threatened by a major forest fire
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| Aug.9 |
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Gadhafi son: Medics were tortured
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| Aug.12 |
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Splitting Kosovo 'still an option'
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Djokovic upsets Federer |
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| Aug.16 |
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Forest fire grips Athens suburbs
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| Aug.24 |
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Fires kill 27 in southern Greece At least 15 people have been killed on the deadliest day of wildfires this year. At least 9 people have burned to death in their cars
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| Aug.25 |
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63 died from forest fires | The emergency workers continue to find the bodies of people burned to death by forest fires that are raging in the south of the country. Karamanlis: Fires may have been deliberately set ahead of national elections. The newspapers are calling the southern Pelopo... | |
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| Aug.26 |
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Fires inch closer to Olympic cradle The wildfires that have scorched southern Greece, reached the ancient city of Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic games,
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Forest fires reward offered A 1m euro has been offered to help catch the arsonists suspected of being behind forest fires which have killed at least 60
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| Aug.27 |
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Greece may label fires acts of terrorism A top prosecutor ordered an investigation into whether arson attacks in Greek forests could be considered terrorism
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MPs row over fire response Opposition MPs have attacked the government's response to the devastating forest fires, which have claimed at least 63 lives
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| Aug.28 |
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Agents probe 'arson plot'
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Foreign firefighters aid Greece
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| Aug.29 |
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Fire victims queue for cash
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| Sep.3 |
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Greece faces flood threat
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| Sep.15 |
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Voting begins in elections
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| Sep.16 |
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Conservatives 'lead Greek vote' Exit polls in general election suggest the centre-right party of Prime Minister Karamanlis is set to defeat its socialist rival
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PM claims election victory| The conservative prime minister won re-election with a diminished majority in parliament after a financial scandal and devastating forest fires | |
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| Sep.27 |
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Forests recovery 'to take decades'
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| Oct.17 |
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Czechs, Greece and Romania qualify |
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| Nov.9 |
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EU far-right bloc faces collapse
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| Nov.17 |
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Ex-Kosovo fighter Thaci claims victory | Former guerrilla leader Hashim Thaci has claimed victory in parliamentary election, though official results are yet to be confirmed. Thaci has promised to deliver independen... | |
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| Nov.21 |
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Croatia crush England Euro dreams
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| Dec.7 |
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NATO warning over Kosovo violence
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Kosovo, Serbia at impasse
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| Dec.9 |
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Time up for Kosovo status talks EU foreign ministers will meet to discuss the future of Kosovo, as the UN's deadline for an agreement on the final status arrives
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| Dec.10 |
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Kosovo defiant as U.N. talks fail
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| Dec.14 |
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EU offers Serbia deal on Kosovo
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| Dec.19 |
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Kosovo deadlock talks fail
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| 2007 |
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| Apr.10 |
Serbia jails Srebrenica death squad
|
| Apr.16 |
War crimes trial opens for ex-minister |
|
| May.31 |
Aide to wanted Mladic is arrested
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| Jun.11 |
Bulgaria presses Bush on shield
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| Jun.12 |
Serb jailed over ethnic cleansing
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| Jun.17 |
War crimes fugitive arrested |
|
| Dec.7 |
NATO warning over Kosovo violence
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|
| 2007 |
|
| Apr.5 |
1,200 rescued from cruise ship A ship carrying 1,200 passengers and a crew of 400 was being evacuated off the island of Santorini after issuing a distress signal
|
| Apr.7 |
Officers charged in cruise ship sinking |
|
| Jul.26 |
Raging fires add to heat wave woes
|
| Aug.5 |
Dubrovnik menaced by major fire A state of emergency has been declared in the city, whose suburbs are threatened by a major forest fire
|
| Aug.16 |
Forest fire grips Athens suburbs
|
| Aug.24 |
Fires kill 27 in southern Greece At least 15 people have been killed on the deadliest day of wildfires this year. At least 9 people have burned to death in their cars
|
| Aug.25 |
63 died from forest fires | The emergency workers continue to find the bodies of people burned to death by forest fires that are raging in the south of the country. Karamanlis: Fires may have been deliberately set ahead of national elections. The newspapers are calling the southern Pelopo... | |
|
| Aug.26 |
Fires inch closer to Olympic cradle The wildfires that have scorched southern Greece, reached the ancient city of Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic games,
|
| Aug.26 |
Forest fires reward offered A 1m euro has been offered to help catch the arsonists suspected of being behind forest fires which have killed at least 60
|
| Aug.27 |
MPs row over fire response Opposition MPs have attacked the government's response to the devastating forest fires, which have claimed at least 63 lives
|
| Aug.28 |
Foreign firefighters aid Greece
|
| Aug.29 |
Fire victims queue for cash
|
| Sep.3 |
Greece faces flood threat
|
| Sep.27 |
Forests recovery 'to take decades'
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|
| 2007 |
|
| Apr.5 |
1,200 rescued from cruise ship A ship carrying 1,200 passengers and a crew of 400 was being evacuated off the island of Santorini after issuing a distress signal
|
| May.27 |
Romanian drama wins Cannes gold |
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Jan.6 |
Ljubicic overcomes Murray in final |
|
| Mar.30 |
Brawl halts team sports
|
| Apr.1 |
Djokovic dash to Miami title glory |
|
| Apr.7 |
Slovenian completes Amazon swim
|
| May.6 |
Panathinaikos celebrate Euro title |
|
| May.13 |
Ivanovic fights back to take title |
|
| May.23 |
Inzaghi brace wins cup for Milan AC Milan beat Liverpool 2-1 with 2 goals from Inzaghi to win the European Cup for the 7th time and avenge their defeat in the final 2 years ago
|
| Jun.1 |
Jankovic knocks out Venus |
|
| Jun.7 |
Ivanovic routs Sharapova
|
| Aug.12 |
Djokovic upsets Federer |
|
| Aug.26 |
Fires inch closer to Olympic cradle The wildfires that have scorched southern Greece, reached the ancient city of Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic games,
|
| Oct.17 |
Czechs, Greece and Romania qualify |
|
| Nov.21 |
Croatia crush England Euro dreams
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Jan.11 |
Blast hits U.S. Embassy compound
|
| Jan.13 |
Police hunt embassy attackers |
|
| Mar.30 |
Brawl halts team sports
|
| Apr.7 |
Officers charged in cruise ship sinking |
|
| Apr.10 |
Serbia jails Srebrenica death squad
|
| Apr.16 |
War crimes trial opens for ex-minister |
|
| May.23 |
12 jailed for killing PM Djindjic Milosevic's paramilitary commander and 11 other were convicted of assassinating first democratically elected prime minister, Zoran Djindjic
|
| May.31 |
Aide to wanted Mladic is arrested
|
| Jun.12 |
Serb jailed over ethnic cleansing
|
| Jun.17 |
War crimes fugitive arrested |
|
| Jun.20 |
Libya sets date for nurses' ruling |
|
| Jul.11 |
Court upholds death verdicts Libya's Supreme Court has upheld the sentences of 5 Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting 400 children with the A...
|
| Jul.17 |
Medics' sentences commuted
|
| Jul.23 |
HIV medics released to Bulgaria 6 Bulgarian medics who were serving life sentences have been freed and are now on a plane to Bulgaria
| The 5 nurses and a Palestinian doctor were convicted of deliberately infecting Libyan children with HIV. The release had been made possible by a deal struck on improving Libya-EU ties
|
| |
|
| Aug.26 |
Forest fires reward offered A 1m euro has been offered to help catch the arsonists suspected of being behind forest fires which have killed at least 60
|
| Aug.27 |
Greece may label fires acts of terrorism A top prosecutor ordered an investigation into whether arson attacks in Greek forests could be considered terrorism
|
| Aug.28 |
Agents probe 'arson plot'
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Jan.1 |
Romania and Bulgaria join the EU Huge celebrations have been held to mark the accession to the European Union, 17 years after the fall of Communism
| Tens of thousands attended concerts in Bucharest and Sofia. EU now has 27 members and 0.5 billion people. The two new countries face export bans on certain foods. Bulgaria has been warned that 55 aircraft could be grounded
|
| |
|
| Jan.20 |
Serbs voting for new parliament |
|
| Jan.21 |
Radicals shock winners Serbian Radical Party (SRS) had taken 28.5% of the vote. Tomislav Nikolic, urged the government to resign
|
| Jan.24 |
Greek warning over London auction |
|
| Jan.25 |
Disputed Greek sale nets millions |
|
| Feb.1 |
Kosovo 'should split from Serbia' UN's special envoy Martti Ahtisaari's plan: Kosovo will be allowed to separate from Serbia and use its own national symbols
|
| Feb.26 |
Serbia guilty of failing to prevent genocide The International Court of Justice clears Serbia of direct responsibility and complicity in the case
|
| Mar.10 |
Leaders hold final Kosovo talks |
|
| Mar.27 |
Prime minister touts U.N. plan |
|
| Mar.29 |
Ancient wreath returns |
|
| May.18 |
Vote on president's fate |
|
| May.19 |
President: Vote is mandate for reform
|
| Jun.10 |
Bush greeted as hero U.S. President has said 'the time is now' to grant independence to Kosovo and called on Moscow not to slow down the process
|
| Jun.10 |
Bush ends Europe tour US President talks with Bulgarian leaders are expected to focus on independence for Kosovo and the siting of a US missile defence system
|
| Jun.11 |
Bulgaria presses Bush on shield
|
| Jun.11 |
Bush urges Libya to free nurses |
|
| Jun.20 |
Libya sets date for nurses' ruling |
|
| Jul.11 |
Court upholds death verdicts Libya's Supreme Court has upheld the sentences of 5 Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting 400 children with the A...
|
| Jul.17 |
Medics' sentences commuted
|
| Jul.20 |
Kosovo vote plan put on hold |
|
| Jul.23 |
HIV medics released to Bulgaria 6 Bulgarian medics who were serving life sentences have been freed and are now on a plane to Bulgaria
| The 5 nurses and a Palestinian doctor were convicted of deliberately infecting Libyan children with HIV. The release had been made possible by a deal struck on improving Libya-EU ties
|
| |
|
| Jul.28 |
Libya details medic release deal Libya said backing for a fund for the victims had come from the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Qatar
|
| Aug.1 |
Serbia 'may compromise on Kosovo' |
|
| Aug.9 |
Gadhafi son: Medics were tortured
|
| Aug.12 |
Splitting Kosovo 'still an option'
|
| Aug.27 |
MPs row over fire response Opposition MPs have attacked the government's response to the devastating forest fires, which have claimed at least 63 lives
|
| Aug.28 |
Foreign firefighters aid Greece
|
| Sep.15 |
Voting begins in elections
|
| Sep.16 |
Conservatives 'lead Greek vote' Exit polls in general election suggest the centre-right party of Prime Minister Karamanlis is set to defeat its socialist rival
|
| Sep.16 |
PM claims election victory| The conservative prime minister won re-election with a diminished majority in parliament after a financial scandal and devastating forest fires | |
|
| Nov.9 |
EU far-right bloc faces collapse
|
| Nov.17 |
Ex-Kosovo fighter Thaci claims victory | Former guerrilla leader Hashim Thaci has claimed victory in parliamentary election, though official results are yet to be confirmed. Thaci has promised to deliver independen... | |
|
| Dec.7 |
NATO warning over Kosovo violence
|
| Dec.7 |
Kosovo, Serbia at impasse
|
| Dec.9 |
Time up for Kosovo status talks EU foreign ministers will meet to discuss the future of Kosovo, as the UN's deadline for an agreement on the final status arrives
|
| Dec.10 |
Kosovo defiant as U.N. talks fail
|
| Dec.14 |
EU offers Serbia deal on Kosovo
|
| Dec.19 |
Kosovo deadlock talks fail
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