Bulgaria formally requested the Russian for the compensation of gas interruption losses
Chinanet on January 23rd, in Sofia, the minister of Bulgaria Economy and Energy electricity Dimitrov on 23rd to the Russian officially suggested that compensation for Ukraine gas dispute to the country’s economic losses. Dimitrov submitted a letter and said the above demand towards Alexander Medvedev, who visited, the President of Gazprom Management Committee, vice chairman of the export of natural gas.
Slovakia proposed the state-controlled natural gas company
Xinhua in Prague on January 23rd Xinhua news from Bratislava: Slovak Prime Minister Fico on the 23rd in the capital, Bratislava, said that in order to resist the natural gas crisis, to ensure energy security, and the Slovak government was prepared to cooperate with foreign partners to establish by the government-controlled natural gas company.
Russian President supported Obama to seek new ways in the solution of the Afghan problem
In ALMA-ATA, on January 23rd Xinhua news from Tashkent: as a state visit in Uzbekistan, the Russian President Medvedev in Tashkent on the 23rd at a news conference said that he supported U.S. President Obama to seek new ways to resolve the Afghan problem. Medvedev said that he supported Obama to open a new path to resolve the Afghan problem and had proposed the convening of Afghanistan and its neighboring countries to participate in an international conference to promote the issue.
Obama and Canadian Prime Minister to discuss economic and other issues by telephone
Xinhua in Ottawa on January 23rd, Canadian prime minister’s office issued a press communique on 23rd, which said on the same day, U.S. President Obama called to Canadian Prime Minister Harper, so the two sides on economy, energy, environment, Afghanistan and other issues exchanged. Communique said the two men discussed the subject of a preliminary when Obama visitting, exchanged the views on the economic situation, in particular the plight of the automotive industry, energy and environmental cooperation between the two countries, as well as Afghanistan and other military issues.
ABN paid a huge money for the “bill” of bankruptcy AMRO of Iceland
Dutch Central Bank said on 23rd, that because of the Iceland internet bank, Icesave filing for bankruptcy, the banks of Netherlands were forced to bear part of the responsibility of compensation for Icesave depositors, and for this the Dutch banks have paid a total of 230 million euros. In October of last year, Icesave’s parent bank, Iceland’s second-largest bank Landsbanki due to funds into difficulties, was taken over by the Government of Iceland, and there were about 144,000 depositors in the Netherlands, in the bank with a total of two billion euros of deposits frozen.
The former president of Merrill with one million U.S. dollars dressing up his office, suffered fired by the president of IADB with angry
On January 24th news, the former president of Merrill John Thain on 23rd was fired by IADB of the new owner sharply. Kenneth Lewis, the president of Banc of America, himeself went to the office of Thain for “showdown”, and only took 15 minutes of “expulsion” Thain. The movement of Lewis would showed his extreme dissatisfaction in that Thain Merrill when dealing with the issue of huge losses, damaged to the interests of shareholders of Bank of America.
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