International Business News - MNE http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Croatia's president urged Balkan leaders on Friday to boost economic cooperation as a means of limiting regional fallout from the global economic crisis. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/balkan-leaders-hold-regional-economic-summit.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:28:18 EST Nearly all top-seeded teams won their matches in the opening round of the Chess Olympiad in Germany on Thursday, although not all by the 4-0 margins that one saw in years past. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/us-defeats-iceland-in-1st-chess-olympiad-round.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:59:26 EST A look at what happened in some stock markets around the world Monday: GENEVA--The global financial crisis will raise world unemployment to 210 million people by the end of next year, its highest rate in the past decade, the U.N. labor agency said. That new figure will include at least 20 million who lose their jobs between now and the end of 2009, said officials of the International Labor Organization. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081020/a-look-at-financial-developments-around-the-world.htm Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:27:14 EDT Serbia's prime minister said Monday his government will increase bank deposit guarantees to 50,000 euros ($67,120) in line with the new minimum agreed by EU finance ministers to counter the global financial crisis. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081020/serbia-montenegro-raise-deposit-guarantees.htm Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:42:15 EDT Montenegro's police have banned a pro-Serb rally later this week after violent clashes injured at least 34 people on Monday. Thousands of angry pro-Serb Montenegrins on Monday protested the government's decision last week to recognize Kosovo, the former Serbian province that declared independence in February. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081014/montenegro-police-ban-pro-serb-protest.htm Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:32:22 EDT Police fired tear gas at thousands of angry pro-Serb Montenegrins who pelted state buildings and fired flares Monday to protest their government's recognition of Kosovo's independence. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/151452-montenegro-kosovo-serbia.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081013/police-clash-with-protesters-in-montenegro.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081013/police-clash-with-protesters-in-montenegro.htm Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:35:26 EDT Serbia expelled the Macedonian ambassador Friday, reflecting its fury over the recognition of Kosovo's independence by its closest neighbors. Montenegro's envoy had already been ordered out Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/serbia-furious-after-neighbors-recognize-kosovo.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:28:59 EDT Macedonia has recognized Kosovo's independence hours after a similar move by Montenegro. Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki says his government approved recognition after Macedonia's parliament adopted a resolution in its favor by an overwhelming majority. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/macedonian-recognizes-kosovo-independence.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:01:27 EDT Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday said the U.S. is committed to keeping troops in Kosovo through late next year despite strong Russian opposition to creation of the world's newest country this year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/us-defense-chief-us-forces-in-kosovo-thru-2009.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:21:20 EDT The United States will continue its troop presence in Kosovo until at least late next year, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said just before he arrived here Tuesday, reaffirming U.S. support for the newly declared nation in the face of stern opposition from Russia. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/146653-gates.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/gates-us-to-remain-in-kosovo-through-late-2009.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/gates-us-to-remain-in-kosovo-through-late-2009.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:27:14 EDT Switzerland's top prosecutor charged 10 people with laundering more than $1 billion dollars during a decade-long mafia cigarette smuggling operation, Swiss authorities said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/swiss-charge-10-in-mafia-cigarette-smuggling-case.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:14:24 EDT Balkan countries' central bank chiefs agreed Friday that the global financial crisis would have a limited effect on the region. "Currently banks that have strong presence in the region have no direct exposure to markets which are under severe pressure," central bankers from nine Balkan countries said in a joint statement. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/bankers-little-balkan-impact-from-global-crisis.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:39:10 EDT Nearly seven years after terrorists took down the World Trade Center's twin towers, police officials have embarked on an ambitious plan to secure the new development that is finally sprouting at ground zero. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080909/nypd-transformed-since-sept-11-attacks.htm Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:27:27 EDT Deere & Co. said Thursday it will invest nearly $180 million in U.S. and Brazil plant expansions to meet rising global demand for its tractors and other farm machinery. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/117849-deere-plant-expansions.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080828/deere-co-to-invest-180m-in-plant-expansions.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080828/deere-co-to-invest-180m-in-plant-expansions.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:30:37 EDT Serbia has won the bronze medal in men's Olympic water polo, beating fellow Balkan country Montenegro 6-4 despite playing without two of its top players who reportedly got hurt in a fight. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080824/serbia-beats-montenegro-for-water-polo-bronze.htm Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:26:51 EDT Serbia was playing the bronze-medal game against Montenegro on Sunday without top scorer Aleksandar Sapic and goalkeeper Denis Sefik. According to Germany's Welt Online, Sapic and Sefik got into a fight following the team's semifinal loss to the United States. Sapic sustained a severe leg injury, and Sefik broke a hand, Welt reported. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080824/serbia-plays-montenegro-without-sapic-sefik.htm Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:58:19 EDT A Montenegrin court said Friday it ordered three U.S. citizens and seven other ethnic Albanians back to prison after convicting them of plotting a rebellion to establish an Albanian autonomous region within the Adriatic country. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/3-us-citizens-ordered-back-to-prison-in-montenegro.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:20:31 EDT Two U.S. citizens convicted in Montenegro of plotting an ethnic Albanian rebellion in the country said in an interview Friday that they are innocent, and they accused the authorities of torture. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/105330-montenegro-ethnic-albanians.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080808/americans-convicted-in-montenegro-claim-innocence.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080808/americans-convicted-in-montenegro-claim-innocence.htm Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:42:29 EDT Four Michigan residents were among 12 ethnic Albanians convicted Tuesday of plotting a rebellion to carve out a homeland within the tiny Balkan republic of Montenegro. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/103477-montenegro-ethnic-albanians.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080805/montenegro-convicts-4-americans-in-uprising-plot.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080805/montenegro-convicts-4-americans-in-uprising-plot.htm Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:23:19 EDT President Hugo Chavez's authority to enact sweeping measures by presidential decree expired on Thursday, but lawmakers said Venezuela's National Assembly could renew it if necessary. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/101432-venezuela-bank-nationalization.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080731/chavezs-power-to-legislate-by-decree-expires.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080731/chavezs-power-to-legislate-by-decree-expires.htm Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:15:56 EDT