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...impact very much resembles that of a terrorist attack.' PETAR DIMITROV, Bulgarian Energy Minister, on the effect of Russia's decision to temporarily cut off gas supplies to his country...
...block away at Steve Madden, manager Francesca Ruggiero lamented that the store hadn't even sold $4000 worth of footwear by 9 a.m., even though it had opened at 6 a.m., an hour earlier than last year. Next door, Victoria's Secret manager Linda Petar told TIME, "We're on target," although by 8:45 a.m. the shop had sold less than $80,000 worth of merchandise toward its goal of $650,000 for the day. Other stores, including Perfumania, Fossil and Aerosoles all looked fairly desolate by 8 a.m., despite the perky signs beckoning, "Come In. We're Open...
...shop was closed down by police in July and the owners, Petar Pavlov and Georgy Panev, were arrested, charged with the production of counterfeit bills and released after four days. Their case is still pending. Yet in November, Bulgarian border police seized another shipment of €79,500 worth of high-quality €50 notes (together with 138 false E.U. passports) allegedly printed at the same shop and destined, they say, for the E.U. Bulgarian forgers are among the most active in Europe, but they are not alone. Across Eastern Europe - and recently in the West as well - skilled forgers...
Reaction in Belgrade was muted. A rally hastily organized by Milosevic's Socialist Party of Serbia drew just 3,000 diehards. Nationalist anthems blared from loudspeakers, but the protesters soon drifted away. "Those were the days," said Petar Gracanin, a Milosevic crony who was once Yugoslavia's Defense Minister, sounding almost wistful. Close by, young Serbs ignored the fuss. "Let them have their protest," said Jelena Savic, 19, a law student, buying ice cream. "It's their last one. Thank God it's over...
SOFIA, Bulgaria: In Sofia, the cry was "Victory!" When President Petar Stoyanov emerged from a four-hour meeting to announce that the Socialists had agreed to step down and allow new elections in April, he was hoisted on the shoulders of supporters, and Bulgarians ended 30 days of protests to erupt in celebration. Bulgaria's next Prime Minister, says TIME's Massimo Calabresi, will almost certainly be opposition leader Ivan Kostov of the United Democratic Forces. But what relief his term will bring is uncertain. "Kostov is a former finance minister with the UDF," Calabresi noted, "and at the time...