Press Mood of the Day
Mar 07, 2008
Selected titles from leading Central and Eastern European newspapers. Captures the mood of today’s local press in countries and areas covered by CEEMarketWatch. To get access to the full online news database of CEEMarketWatch, sign-up for a free trial here
Central And Eastern Europe contents
Poland
Hungary
Russia
Bulgaria
Romania
Croatia
Serbia and Montenegro
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Poland 
Press Mood of the Day 
Warsaw. Mar 07, 2008 07:55 GMT. CEEMARKETWATCH. L. Kaczynski and Tusk talk missile shield and NBP (Rzeczpospolita)
Public finances according to PO (Rzeczpospolita)
PM doesn't want return of Kozinski to NBP (Gazeta Wyborcza)
Removing public media fees (Gazeta Wyborcza)
More Ukrainians to work in Poland (Gazeta Prawna)
Treasury doesn't plan to link Orlen and Lotos (Rzeczpospolita)
Radio Maryja puts pressure on PiS MPs (Gazeta Wyborcza)
Probe of accounts in Lichtenstein (Dziennik)
Cars running on LPG await excise decision (Gazeta Prawna)
Tusk: In a year visas to US could be lifted (Dziennik)
Marcinkiewicz: PiS won't return to power, so good (Dziennik)

Hungary 
Press Mood of the Day 
Budapest. Mar 07, 2008 07:09 GMT. CEEMARKETWATCH. Prepared for "yes" [votes] (Vilaggazdasag)
Three times two million [votes] – or not… (Nepszabadsag)
Many will go, but will it be enough? (Nepszabadsag)
EU to decide in summer about MOL-OMV fusion (Nepszabadsag)

Russia 
Press Mood of the Day 
Moscow. Mar 07, 2008 06:13 GMT. CEEMARKETWATCH. Billionaire friends of Putin [Forbs ranking] (Vedomosti)
Bait for investors [financial market watchdog proposes tax removal on capital gains] (Vedomosti)
Andery Kozlov [former deputy governor of CBR] was warned about his murder (Vedomosti)
Complaints about election violation not to be considered by CEC (Vedomosti)
Financial watchdog proposes liberalization of security market (Kommersant)
Abkhazia recognized by half [as independent republic] (Kommersant)
Moscow – city of billionaires (Kommersant)
Majority of Russians expect Putin to become PM (Kommersant)
Zyuganov ready to contest the elections (Kommersant)
Russian businessman Victor But arrested in Thailand on request by USA (Gazeta)

Bulgaria 
Press Mood of the Day 
Sofia. Mar 07, 2008 06:33 GMT. CEEMARKETWATCH. Stanishev makes a desperate attempt to shed light on relatives in power (Sega)
Government to announce relatives’ companies (Trud)
Interests declared in three declarations (24 chasa)
Stanishev in the mirror world (Dnevnik)
Brussels to check for more irregularities on Phare (Sega)
King: don’t listen to renegades about death of NDSV (24 chasa)
Private health insurance funds to manage at least BGL 600mn (Dnevnik)
Energy sector breathless in regulations’ noose (Pari)
Municipal councillors in capital vote taxes after all (Trud)
External pressure stops stock exchange growth (Pari)

Romania 
Press Mood of the Day 
Bucharest. Mar 07, 2008 05:00 GMT. CEEMARKETWATCH. Parties spent more money than they had (Gandul)
In Bucharest, the internet is going underground (Cotidianul)
We could use another salary raise (Evenimentul Zilei)
Fiscal system in Romania is chaotic (Adevarul)
Mitsubishi, interested to invest in Romania (Evenimentul Zilei)
Producers accuse Hypermarkets to raise food prices by 60% artificially (Gardianul)
Only 20% of foreign tourists stayed in the hotels (Romania Libera)
Tender looks for oil in Iran (Cotidianul)
Interests of 2.95% on EUR loans (Evenimentul Zilei)
Priests could enter into politics, but only as independents (Gardianul)

Croatia 
Press Mood of the Day 
Zagreb. Mar 07, 2008 06:49 GMT. CEEMARKETWATCH. If ZERP issue is not resolved quickly, there will be stalemate in Croatian negotiations [with EU] (Poslovni Dnevnik)
ZERP decision key for continuing negotiations with EU (Vjesnik)
Sanader once again pulls ZERP (Vecernji List)
HFP stops Adrial from taking over TLM (Poslovni Dnevnik)
Sunday is non-working day for 260,000 retailers (Vjesnik)
No comment on extradition of Zagorec yet (Vecernji List)

Serbia and Montenegro 
Press Mood of the Day 
Belgrade. Mar 07, 2008 07:04 GMT. CEEMARKETWATCH. Kostunica awaits elections in radical's hug (Blic)
Government stable until Monday (Politika)
Government's negative opinion about SRS' resolution (Danas)
Dinkic: NIS sale without tender is catastrophe (Danas)
Government counts its last days? (Vecernje Novosti)
DSS: no more unity in government (Dnevnik)

Bosnia-Herzegovina 
Press Mood of the Day 
Sarajevo. Mar 07, 2008 05:39 GMT. CEEMARKETWATCH. Dodik: RS most stable in the region (Dnevni Avaz)
Council of Ministers adopts 2008 work agenda (Dnevni Avaz)
Construction of Gacko 2 thermal power plant temporary put on hold (Nezavisne Novine)
11 strategic companies remain in state hands (Nezavisne Novine)

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