Sunday, 31. December 2006
2006-2007
The last news of 2006 and the first news of 2007:
"The New York Times" remembers the faces of 3000 individuals who have died in Iraq, the first death - that of Jay Aubin from marine corps - dating back to March 21, 2003, and the last one - that of the twenty-year old William Spencer - December 28, 2006. A must-see interactive square: http://www.nytimes.com/ref/us/20061228_3000FACES_TAB1.html.
It was still December 31 when Belarus and Russia reached a deal on gas - a sign that Belarussians will not have to suffer from cold like the Ukrainians did last year. Minsk will have to pay 100 dollars per 1000 cubic metres of gas, which is 5 dollars below the price demanded by Russia that was threatening to halt supplies on Monday, January 1. Until now Belarus used to pay 47 dollars for the same amount of gas to "Gazprom", according to which the change reflects market prices and has no political agenda.
From now on the European Union has twenty-seven members and half a million citizens as two more states from Eastern Europe - Romania and Bulgaria - joined the club at midnight on New Year's Day. More: http://euobserver.com/9/23154.
The on-line news portal where I used to work changed from Omni.lt to http://www.balsas.lt/. Balsas (Lithuanian) = the voice.
"The New York Times" remembers the faces of 3000 individuals who have died in Iraq, the first death - that of Jay Aubin from marine corps - dating back to March 21, 2003, and the last one - that of the twenty-year old William Spencer - December 28, 2006. A must-see interactive square: http://www.nytimes.com/ref/us/20061228_3000FACES_TAB1.html.
It was still December 31 when Belarus and Russia reached a deal on gas - a sign that Belarussians will not have to suffer from cold like the Ukrainians did last year. Minsk will have to pay 100 dollars per 1000 cubic metres of gas, which is 5 dollars below the price demanded by Russia that was threatening to halt supplies on Monday, January 1. Until now Belarus used to pay 47 dollars for the same amount of gas to "Gazprom", according to which the change reflects market prices and has no political agenda.
From now on the European Union has twenty-seven members and half a million citizens as two more states from Eastern Europe - Romania and Bulgaria - joined the club at midnight on New Year's Day. More: http://euobserver.com/9/23154.
The on-line news portal where I used to work changed from Omni.lt to http://www.balsas.lt/. Balsas (Lithuanian) = the voice.
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