Life in Vilnius

European City of Culture 2009

admin — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 09:03:14 +0000

Vilnius is just one of a very select few countries to have been crowned The European Capital of Culture. The programme was initially conceived in the early 1980s’ and originally named the European City of Culture . The then Greek Culture minister felt that Culture was being forgotten during this time of economic growth and hit on the idea to help promote different European cultures across the member states. The programme was launched just 18 months latter in the summer of 1985 with Athens being chosen to be its number one title-holder for the first year.

Renamed to The European Capital of Culture in 1999 its annual prize is one of the most contested between cities across Europe as it’s a massive opportunity to sell yourself and generate many social , economic and cultural benefits . Ironically introduced to combat the growing dependence on finance the prize is now worth many millions of Euro in tourism related revenue alone. Regular visitors to Florence will no doubt agree that following its win prices for quality villa rental Tuscany and beyond became a more sought after as people came to see what all the fuss was about.

A study conducted almost ten years ago for the European Commission clearly showed that being awarded the European Capital of Culture acted as a massive catalyst for city wide regeneration and the cultural development . Now the 40 member international judging panel looks at not only what the city has to offer now but how the effects of winning the prize with further impact on the city cultural Heritage..

Vilnius became the European Capital of Culture for 2009 and was filled with over 250 culture, art and social events during the festivities and was seen by many as the best choice in the last ten years. It still today reaps the rewards of id victory and today the 3.2 million people of Republic of Lithuania are quite rightly proud of their fine capital city.

London and Monaco are Europe’s Most Expensive Cities for Residential Property Buyers

admin — Wed, 18 May 2011 13:04:39 +0000

London and Monaco are Europeâs most expensive cities for residential property buyers. Prices in the Baltics have risen to the same level as capitals such as Copenhagen, Berlin, Munich, Stockholm, Vienna, and Frankfurt.

High rewards await property investors in some parts of Europe, according to the Global Property Guide, a residential real estate research organization (www.globalpropertyguide.com). Rental yields for apartments in several Eastern European capitals are above 10%.

Rental apartments in Moldovaâs capital city Chisinau can be expected to yield annual rental returns of around 14.13%; in Polandâs capital Warsaw, 13.28%; in Bulgariaâs capital Sofia, 10.56%; and in Slovakiaâs capital Bratislava, 10.06%. The higher risks of Eastern Europe may be a factor in these returns (corruption, political instability, etc).

But risks are not the only factor. The Global Property Guide believes that the relatively recent arrival of the market economy, high interest rates, and relatively undeveloped mortgage markets, largely explain the low prices in the east. To illustrate, it would surely be hard to label the historic city of Bratislava, Slovakia, as a high-risk location, yet the rental income returns are excellent.

Western Europe generally suffers from another, different disadvantage: High taxation. There are high rental income returns to be earned in Amsterdam and Paris (8.25% in both), in Munich (7.80%) and Brussels (7.53%). But all four cities are high tax environments (but so too is Poland).

Property in Prime Central London returns surprisingly high rental yields, at 7.13%. Note that this âPrimeâ category encompasses relatively a narrow group of super-luxury apartments in absolutely prime areas (Belgravia, Chelsea, and Knightsbridge). The high returns in these select super-central locations contrast with the significantly lower rental yields (5.79%) available in Central Londonâs other luxury areas (Kensington, Bayswater, Notting Hill Gate, St Johns Wood, Highgate, Islington, Highbury, and Primrose Hill).

Europeâs most expensive cities

The tiny principality of Monaco is the most expensive location to buy an apartment in Europe at around â¬24,900 per square metre (sq. m.).

Closely on its tail is Prime Central London, where 120 sq. m. super-luxury apartments can cost Â£1,170,000 (â¬1,742,656) or Â£9,750 (â¬14,522) per sq. m. Apartments of 120 sq. m. in other luxury areas of Central London are likely to cost Â£580,000 or Â£4,833 per sq. m. (â¬863,880 or â¬7,199). The large difference is explained by Londonâs highly segmented top-end market, with super-luxury apartments in absolutely prime areas commanding considerable premiums.

Paris and Amsterdam follow London. A 120 sq. m. apartment in either of these cities has an average purchase price of â¬800,000 (â¬6,667 per sq. m.).

Moscow is Europeâs sixth most expensive capital for buyers of residential property. And though apartments in Moscow can be rather rewarding for buyers in terms of rental income returns, investors should be aware of the high risks (purchases are cash-based, and the authorities can suddenly turn hostile).

Dublin makes an appearance among Europeâs most expensive cities in 10th place, with a high end 120 sq. m. apartment on average costing around â¬600,000.

The Baltics, till recently Europeâs hottest residential investment destination, are now expensive. A high-end apartment in Central Vilnius, Lithuania will cost on average around â¬3,792 per sq. m (â¬455,000 for 120 sq. m.).

Latvia follows closely with high-end apartments in Central Riga costing an average of â¬3,020 pr sq. m. Rental yields in the Baltics have also dropped to very low levels.

There are still some very inexpensive capitals in Europe. Berlin, in particular (â¬3,167 per sq. m.), is now experiencing inflows of foreign money in response to its relatively low prices.

Even less expensive are:

Slovakiaâs Bratislava (â¬1,292 per sq. m.)

Polandâs Warsaw (â¬1,175 per sq. m.)

Macedoniaâs Skopje (â¬1,125 per sq. m.)

Moldovaâs Chisinau (â¬917 per sq. m.)

Rental returns cannot fall forever

As 2007 dawns, rental returns are lower in most locations than they have been for 20 or more years.

Nowhere in Europe are rents keeping pace with the continued strong rise in property prices. Residential real estate prices are at historical peaks in almost all countries in Europe, except Germany and Switzerland.

This is cause for concern. At the Global Property Guide, we informally consider a danger signal to be rental returns of around 4% or below.

Several European capitals offer rental income yields around or below this 4% level. In example is Madrid, where rental returns are now at only 3.15%. Rental yields in Monaco are the lowest in Europe at around 2.43%.

See tables at:

http://globalpropertyguide.com//articleread.php?article_id=82&cid=

Euroleague Basketball: Back and Stronger Than Ever

admin — Tue, 17 May 2011 18:05:48 +0000

The new Euroleague season starts on October 22nd 2007 with the Final Four taking place in Madrid (Spain) May 02-04. 2008. For the first time in European basketball history, several teams were able to offer players -figure contracts making the Euroleague basketball a step-closer to the NBA level.

Euroleague is contested in four phases. In the first phase (regular season) 24 teams are divided into three groups of eight. At the end of the regular season 16 teams (first 5 teams from each group and the best 6th from all groups) progress into the second phase where four groups are contested in a double round-robin format.

The third phase (Quarterfinals) is the knockout round where best 2 teams from each group (first-placed team of one group against second-placed team of other group) square against each other. The Final Four 2008 in Madrid will feature the winners of the quarterfinal series.

GROUP A (CSKA Moscow, TAU Cerámica, Olympiacos, Prokom Trefl Sopot, Olimpija Ljubljana, Žalgiris Kaunas, Montepaschi Siena, La Fortezza Bologna):

The group includes 3 strong pretenders for the Final Four (CSKA, TAU, Olympiacos), also 2 favorites for the Euroleague title (CSKA, Olympiacos). The Italian clubs Montepaschi (Italian champion) and La Fortezza Bologna may not have the same ambitions but are favorites to clinch the remaining 2 spots in the group that lead to the next round.

CSKA MOSCOW, current Russian Superleague Champion, with one of the highest budgets in Europe is targeting the same goal they had for the past several years, to win the Euroleague. In 2002 CSKA signed Dusan Ivkovic, a coach with plenty of national team and club titles, hoping for CSKA to win its first Euroleague title.

Ivkovic stayed with the club until 2005 with no luck of reaching that goal. His successor Ettore Messina joined the club in 2006 and won the Euroleague in his first season. Last season CSKA lost to Panathinaikos in the Athens final by a close margin. Anything other than reaching the Final Four in Madrid would be a failure for CSKA’s Euroleague 2007/08 season.

Major players to leave the club past summer include Tomas Van den Spiegel, the 214cm center who left for Prokom (Poland), Oscar Torres who averaged 8.7 points/23 minutes per game, now signed with Fortitudo Bologna (Italy). David Vanterpool the 34 year old guard missed most of the last season due to injury problems and may or may not stay at CSKA.

The new-comers are Ramunas Siskauskas (small forward/shooting guard), one of Panathinaikos’ main players last season helping them to win the Euroleague and Greek championship titles, Marcus Goree (power forward/center) last seasons’ Benetton Treviso’s main player, Nikos Zisis (point guard/shooting guard) also coming from Treviso where he averaged 11 points/33 minutes per game.

The team includes Papaloukas (point guard), Euroleague 2006/07 player of the year, Euroleague 2006/07 guard of the year, J.R.Holden (point guard), established Euroleague player, play-maker for the Russian national team, and other highly experienced Euroleague players. CSKA’s team has been playing together for several years and has got what it takes to win the Title.

Coach Ettore Messina is known for his team’s strong performance in defensive playing. During Euroleague regular season 2006/07, through the course of 14 games, CSKA was the team with best defense allowing opponents to score 65 points per game. Messina asks for the best performance from each player during the entire 40mins of play regardless what the results is and what team CSKA plays against.

TAU CERAMICA as one of the big names in European basketball, representative of the Spanish ACB, is sure to offer quality, competitive games. This season TAU may not have the players of MVP award potential like Louis Scola (signed for the NBA’s Houston Rockets) was last season but there are plenty of great team players capable of making it into the Euroleague’s team of the week selection in any week. Rakocevic (point guard) is capable of scoring 30 points in Euroleague games, Splitter (center) can dominate playing close to the basket.

The team includes established Euroleague and National team players such as Jasaitis (small forward), Prigioni (30 year old point guard), winner of the Olympic gold medal in 2004 with Argentina. Adding players like Singleton (power forward) who had experience of playing in the NBA, the Italian League 2005 All-star game MVP, Planinic and McDonald, TAU will perform one of the strongest team plays in Euroleague, the thing needed to beat any team in decisive games.

OLYMPIACOS was one of the strong favorites to lift the trophy last seasons mainly due the fact that the Final Four was held in their home city Athens, Pinhas Gershon (won consecutive Euroleague titles while with Maccabi) was assigned for the coach and Macijauskas (guard) was brought from the NBA to be team’s key-player. Maciauskas missed the seasons due to injury problems and, in all, Olympiacos did not seem to have had the team needed to win the title.

All that changed this season, only ambitions stayed the same. Macijauskas is in the full swing and Olympiacos formed a powerful team with one of the biggest budgets in Europe, multi-million dollar contracts were signed with Tsakalidis (center) a new-comer from the NBA’s Houston Rockets, Lynn Greer (guard) from Milwaukee and Marc Jackson (forward/center) 2000/01 NBA All-rookie team member while playing for the Golden State with 8 points 4 rebounds per game during seven NBA seasons.

Detroit Pistons’ Chris Webber was offered a great -12 million tax-free contact to join the club this summer on two years but decided to stay in the NBA.

MONTEPASCHI’s notable players include Kaukenas (shooting guard) and Lavrinovic (center), both of them spent most of their Euro-games minutes playing in the ULEB cup and may not be the driving force needed to win games against top Euroleague teams.

Most of the time they will be double by opponents team defense and there’s not enough support in other Montepaschi’s players. Strong defensive teams like CSKA may allow Montepaschi to score no more than 65 points just by playing good defense on those two players.

LA FORTEZZA BOLOGNA, through history the giant of European basketball winning Euroleague titles in 1997 and 2001, is still recovering from the recent years downfall that saw them competing in the Italian second league. Bologna is expected to have a solid season, make it to the Euroleague next year through Italian championship and be among Euroleague title contenders in the upcoming seasons.

Bologna’s top players like Ciacig (center) and Garri (center) have been around for some time, they can make solid performances, good enough to beat teams of similar quality such as Montepaschi or Prokom, it needs stellar performance and an additional extra player on the squad that Bologna doesn’t have on the team to beat higher ranked teams such as TAU or Olympiacos. 5 American players on the team are without notable NBA stats, mostly playing in the D-league.

This leaves PROKOM and ZALGIRIS competing with the Italian teams for the 4th and 5th place that lead to the next round. Polish basketball clubs did not have big Euro results in recent years, Prokom’s participation as a Euroleague team for consecutive years is a success for itself. During that time, Prokom twice made it to the Top 16, the success they will look to equal this season.

Current roster includes Travis Best (point guard), averaged 7.6 points and 3.5 assists per game in the NBA, Wolkowkyski (power forward/center), winner of the gold medal at the Olympics 2004 with Argentina, also the former NBA players (a year with Seattle and Boston), and the biggest summer signing Milan Gurovic (small forward), top scorer of the ULEB cup 2006/07.

ZALGIRIS is Euroleague title winner in 1999 living on its old glory at the moment, core of the team is made of domestic players, along with this summer’s biggest signing DeMarcus Brown, the 33 year old player with limited playing experience in the NBA and highly experienced in the Euroleague playing for top teams for over 7 seasons. Last season Zalgiris finished the regular season with 2-12 record, this season they hope to do better as a more experienced team.

OLIMPIJA does not offer the quality needed throughout 14 games of the regular season to reach the next round. Olimpija saw some of its best players leaving the club last season, the crowd at Olimpija’s home-ground Tivoli knows to be rather silent, if bigger Euroleague teams are not to guest the crowd is not a factor in home-teams performance. The city of Ljubljana does not seem to be too enthusiastic about its basketball club. Olimpija is likely to be the weakest team in the group.

Group B (Unicaja Málaga, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Efes Pilsen, Aris Thessaloniki, Cibona Zagreb, Le Mans, Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius, Armani Jeans Milano):

The only group not to feature a team favorite for winning the Euroleague title. This makes the group be without a great gap in quality between the teams. Unicaja as the representative of Spanish ACB, Maccabi with huge results over the last several seasons are expected to be among top 5 in the group of 8. All other teams would consider it having a successful Euroleague season to reach the second round.

UNICAJA is one of the 4 representatives of Europe’s best national league. The club took everyone by surprised to reach the Final Four last season. The team kept most of its players, Jiri Welsh (small forward) a 27-year old player with 6.7 point per game average during his NBA carrier, Jimenez (small forward) very experienced European player, winner of the World Championship 2006 gold medal with Spain, Haislip (center) the 13th pick of the NBA draft 2002.

Unicaja could easily ‘sneak in’ into the Final Four this year as well, they finished last seasons’ first round with a modest 7-7 record and progressed to the quarterfinals being better placed than mid-sized Euroleague clubs Benneton and Aris, in the quarterfinals Unicaja defeated Barcelona 2-1 overall with the 3rd game playing on home-court.

Unicaja players are mentally strong and able to keep concentration on needed level in decisive moments of the game. Unicaja may also be the team who could be swept off by a large margin of 20-or-so points difference playing against top Euro clubs such as CSKA or Madrid, and easily lose away games at lower ranked good home-court clubs where passionate crowd boost home-teams performance as it is with Efes in Istanbul and Aris in Thessaloniki.

MACCABI had its recent glory days by winning consecutive titles in 2004 (defeated Skipper Bologna by a margin of 44 points in the final game) and 2005 (TAU Ceramica by 12 points) and losing in the finals 2006. Maccabi dynasty ended in the summer 2006 when Anthony Parker and Maceo Baston left the club to join the NBA’s Toronto Raptors. Coach Pinhas Gershon also left the club.

Last year the club had a modest 8-6 result during the regular season and were relegated in the quarterfinals by CSKA, the series ended 2-1 with CSKA winning two games by a margin of 22 and 21 points. Maccabi’s club budget among the highest in Europe at the start of the 3rd millennium stagnated while in the last 2-3 years the budgets of several other European teams drastically heighten.

Maccabi entered 2007/08 season with several changes to the team. Key players from the last season all-around player Vujcic (center), Sharp (shooting guard) and Bynem (point guard) remain being the team’s core. Highly talented Eliyahu (power forward) is expected to be a major factor in the team’s playing.

Maccabi lost Jasaitis (small forward, joined TAU). New additions on the team include experienced European player David Bluthenthal (small forward, 16 points per Euroleague game last season with Fortitudo), Marcus Fizer (forward) who signed a two-year (0.000 per year) contract was the fourth pick of the 2000 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls. Batista (forward/center), waived by the Boston Celtics, joined the team a few days before the start of Eurolegue season.

Maccabi is covered on all positions, the crowd at Nokia Arena (one of the bigger venues in Euroleague) will be loud as always. Maccabi is not the title contender as it may take a season for the new-comers to adapt to the team. With club’s supporters’ constant high expectations, Maccabi will fight hard to reach beyond the second round.

EFES PILSEN has got the imperative of reaching beyond the first round being probably the most popular basketball club in Turkey, country with 70 million citizens where basketball has its place. Coach David Blatt won the European Championship 2007 with Russia and is considered one of the best, if not the best, coaches in Europe at the moment.

The team consists of all domestic players with no big names plus 5 American players without notable NBA career. Efes Pilsen games will have publicity, the crowd will cheer for the team passionately, the team will hope to equal last season’s success when they reached the second round with 8-6 record during regular season.

ARIS THESSALONIKI, as all basketball clubs in Greece, lives in the shadows of PAO and Olympiacos. Aris’ supporters, together with Partizan crowd in Belgrade, are recognized as the loudest crowd in Europe. Their home-ground, Alexandreio Melathron with 4,800 seats capacity, is not too big but each spectator is actively involved in cheering for the team, no team regardless of its quality can claim secured win in Thessaloniki.

Domestic players with the team are not of the same glory as those playing in PAO and Olympiacos, American players did not have notable careers in the NBA, two other foreign acquisitions include Lithuanian Serapinas (small forward) and the biggest star on the team, experienced Euroleague and former NBA player with limited playing experience, Finn Mottola (center).

CIBONA ZAGREB, may be one of the teams with the least of ambitions, imperatives and means to reach the second round. There may not be too many spectators involved at the 5,400 capacity arena if the giants of European basketball do not guest in the City. Their best player Kus left the club past summer, no big names were added on the team that ended last year Euroleague season placed 7th in the group of 8 teams. Cibona will be targeting the group’s 5th or 6th place in order to reach the second round.

LE MANS is one of the 2 French teams in this year’s Euroleague, country that did not see its club posting big results in Euroleague in recent years. Last season Le Mans finished as the 7th team in group and did not progress into the second round. There are no big names on the team. Le Mans, along with Cibona, has most likely the least of chances to make it into the second round.

LIETUVOS RYTAS are one of the 2 Lithuanian teams, rather small country (3.5 million) to give two Euroleague teams. Lietuvos lives in the shadows of Zalgiris, the famous Euroleague club. Their home-ground Siemens Arena with the capacity of 11,000 built in 2004, is one the most modern and biggest Arenas in Euroleague. Club qualified for the Eurolegue by reaching the ULEB cup final.

There are no major, experienced Euroleague players on the team, their best player from last year Rush left the club. Lietuvos will be targeting the second round in the group where most teams are of similar quality.

ARMANI J. MILANO is coming from the Italian Seria A that is considered one of Europe’s top 2 national leagues. The team is a mixture of domestic players, among them the most prominent is national team player Bulleri (point guard), several players are younger than 20 years of age, American players that did not have notable NBA careers. Coach Mavrevski will be gaining his Euroleague experience. Armani Milano will be looking to secure a place to the next round by being among top 5 or 6 teams in the weakest of 3 Euroleague groups.

Group C (Panathinaikos, Barcelona, Partizan Belgrade, Lottomatica Roma, Fenerbahce Ulker, Real Madrid, Brose Baskets, Roanne):

Group features two teams contenders for the Euroleague title from the past several seasons, defending champion Panathinaikos and Barcelona, plus always strong Real Madrid who is to host this year’s Final Four. The group also features probably the weakest team in the Euroleague, Brose Basket.

PANATHINAIKOS, defending Euroleague champions, formed even stronger team than the one from last season, club’s ambitions are best described in the words of head-coach Zeljko Obradovic: ‘Our goal is to repeat the last season’s triumph’. Club’s budget is among the highest in Europe.

Together with CSKA, PAO is as close to the quality of an NBA team as one European club is at the moment. Euroleague 2006/07 coach of the year Obradovic, at the age of 48 already won several Euroleague titles, Gold medal in World Championship, European Championship, Olympic silver, and is Euroleague 2006/07 coach of the year.

The team features Diamantidis (point guard), Euroleague’s defensive player of the year 2005, 2006, 2007, Euroleague Final Four MVP 2007, together with Spanoulis, Becirevic and Vujanic, PAO formed what many consider is the best back-court in the world outside the NBA. Batiste (center/power-forward) is Euroleague 2006/07 import player of the year. Jasikevicius (point guard), Eurolegue Final Four 2005 MVP, was brought from the NBA’s Golden State Warriors in the deal worth over million for a two-year contract.

PAO may express weakness under the basket. Center Tomasevic is 34 years of age, recent years injury problems made him not produce his maximum, center Zizic never posted big numbers in Euroleague coming in the games as PAO’s substitute. All players playing close to the basket are relatively modest in height, Batiste 207cm, Tomasevic 208, Zizic 207, there’s no classical center on the team. PAO will play team defense on tall players over 2.10 who dominate the basket, their inability to do as so may relegate them out from the competition as soon as the knock-out rounds begin.

BARCELONA as a model basketball organization and major factor in European basketball for decades shoots high as always. The team does not feature super-stars or dominant players on their positions, the team is covered on all positions with quality, experienced players, coach Ivanovic is known for his teams to play tough defense and keep high tempo of the game throughout 40 minutes.

The team includes Bazile (shooting guard), highly experienced Euroleague and Italian national team player, Sanchez (shooting guard), winner of the 2004 Olympics gold medal with Argentina, Marconato (center), winner of the 2004 Olympics silver medal with Italy, Vaskuez (center), 11th pick in the 2005 NBA draft, Ilyasova (power-forward), one of the biggest talents of European basketball, former NBA player 216cm center Kasun and several other experienced Euroleague players.

Barcelona saw one of its top-players, guard Navarro, leaving the club past summer to join the Memphis Grizzlies. Barcelona is among the favorites to win Euroleague title with the Final Four taking place on Spanish soil, though they do not feel the pressure of imperative to reach the Final Four like CSKA or PAO.

REAL MADRID is the most successful club in European basketball history, always hungry for trophies. This year’s Final Four takes place in front of Real’s home-crowd making them one of the strong favorites to win the title. After a disappointing 2005/06 season when the club did not qualified for the Euroleague, in 2006/07 season Real won the Spanish league title, as well as the ULEB cup, first European trophy in 10 years.

Real’s squad did not change much from the last seasons. Bullock (shooting guard) and Smith (shooting guard), along with Spanish national team player Reyes (power-forward) are backed up with players such as former NBA, Spanish national team player Lopez (point guard), Turkish national team player Tunceri (point guard) and several other good players on both side of the field such as Hervelle (power-forward) and Mumbru (small-forward).

The team added one major acquisition, center Papadopolous, a 27 year old Greek national team player dominant figure under the basket, just what the team needed to stretch the game and make room for good 3-point shooters with Papadolopous most of the time being doubled by opponent’s defense. Real may lack in experienced to play crucial Euroleague games as they competed in the ULEB cup last season. If Real manages to reach the Final Four, once the games start in front of the passionate enthusiastic crowd, all eyes will be on Real to win the title on home ground.

PARTIZAN BELGRADE is one of the European teams to produce most future NBA players. Past summer 217cm center Kosta Perovic (center) was sent to Golden State. Last season’s team’s most important player Drobnjak (center) also left the club, their play under the basket is weakened, position they were strongest at. With one of the smallest budgets in Euroleague, no adequate player was found to fill in the gap. The team was completed with signing 226cm tall Vranes from Buducnost (Montenegro).

The team suffered another major blow when Cummings’ (point guard) moved to Maccabi. Other than bringing former NBA player Milt Palacio (shooting guard, 4.3 points per game in the NBA), no other significant signings were made.

The team finished regular seasons 2006/07 with the score 6-8 and qualified for the second round as the best 6th placed team from all groups, this year Partizan will hope to accomplish the same success and make it to the second round. Partizan’s crowd is considered one of the two loudest in Europe, 7,000 capacity Arena will be sold-out for most of the games and atmosphere heated.

CHORALE ROANNE made it to the Euroleague as French Champions, a league that did not produce teams to make major results in Europe for the past several seasons. Roanne’s home-court is rather small with 3,085 capacity, they are back in the top European competition after 47 years, kept the same team structure from last season with important new-comer to the team American Rush (guard), a 23 year old player with no NBA experience, it’s a bit of mystery how well the team will adjust and play in the Euroleague.

BROSE BASKET, a representative of the German basketball league, is without imperatives of making it to the second round. Last years German team participant in the Euroleague, Koln, finished competition as the bottom placed club. The team includes Okulaja (power-forward), a 32 year old German national team players, other players had no major accomplishments or no experience playing in the Euroleague.

LOTTOMATICA ROMA aims to become one of the top Euroleague clubs. Famous European player Bodiroga who retired past summer was assigned as the team’s general manager. The team hosts games in a 11,200 capacity arena, is financially solid and other than veteran Fucka has no well-known names on the team.

7 Italian players are accompanied with 3 American players with little or no NBA experience, and several internationals. Coming from the Italian league, they are expected to be better placed than representatives from France, Serbia and Germany, thus make it to the second round.

FENERBAHCE ULKER is the second team from Turkey in this year’s competition. The crowd in Turkey will give good support during home games, the team is expected to be among top 5 in the group and progress to the next round. Fener ‘s team includes several national team players, the Turkish basketball icon Kutluay (small guard), Turkchan (power forward) the MVP of Euroleague regular season 2001/02, American players Solomon (point guard), James White (power forward) and several other internationals.

Euroleague offers a year of exciting basketball, will strong favorites for the Euroleague title PAO, Olympiacos and CSKA fulfill the expectations, group of Spanish teams make it to the Final Four and lift the trophy on Spanish soil, are Unicaja and Maccabi capable to come out of the shadows of top 6 favorites and manage to hold the gold, what surprises other teams can make, who are the young talents to become new European and World basketball stars, season 2007/08 is to tell.

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List of the World’s Top Pickup Artists

admin — Sun, 15 May 2011 09:11:02 +0000

Article by Elvis Preston King

List of the World’s Top Pickup Artists

How many countries have pickup artists? All of them!

How many countries are there in the world?

Nobody knows, but it is somewhere between 189 and 194 countries.

Who is the World’s Greatest Pick up Artist?

Some people say it is Neil Strauss, (Style). Others say it is his guru Erik von Markovik, (Mystery).

The fact is Neil Strauss is world famous because of his new book “The Game Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists.” In fact he has only one girlfriend.

Erik von Markovik, (Mystery) is one of the principle teachers of Style. He also only has one girlfriend.

Then who really is the World’s Greatest Pickup Artist?

The World’s Greatest Pickup Artist is Elvis Preston King. He lays one to three new girlfriends per day and has been getting laid more than any other man on the planet, as you can see here the world is a pretty BIG place.

This article is designed to catch the eye of the world’s most successful playboys, pickup artists and ladies men of the world. If you would like to have your name added to the list of the world’s greatest pick up artists send your name and your country name to loverboybachelor@yahoo.com

Listed are the countries of the world and their capitol city. From Afghanistan to Zimbabwee there are great pick up artists. Let’s hear from you. Send us your best pickup secrets.

(A) Afghanistan (Kabul) (AS) Albania (Tirane) (EU)Algeria (Algers) (AF)Andorra (Andorra la Vella) (EU)Angola (Luanda) (AF)Antigua and Barbuda (St. John’s) (NA)Argentina (Buenos Aires) (SA)Armenia (Yerevan) (EU)Australia (Canberra) (AU)Austria (Vienna) (EU)Azerbaijan (Baku) (AS)(B) Bahamas (Nassau) (NA)Bahrain (Manama) (AS)Bangladesh (Dhaka) (AS)Barbados (Bridgetown) (NA)Belarus (Minsk) (EU)Belgium (Brussels) (EU)Belize (Belmopan) (NA)Benin (Port-Novo) (AF)Bhutan (Thimphu) (AS)Bolivia (Sucre) (SA)Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) (EU)Botswana (Gaborone) (AF)Brazil (Brasilia) (SA)Brunei (Bander Seri Begawan) (AS)Bulgaria (Sofia) (EU)Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou) (AF)Burma/Myanmar (Yangon) (AS)Burundi (Bujumbura) (AF)(C) Cambodia (Phnom Penh) (AS)Cameroon (Yaounde) (AF)Canada (Ottawa) (NA)Cape Verde (Praia) (EU – Portugal)Central African Republic (Bangui) (AF)Chad (N’Djamena) (AF)Chile (Santiago) (SA)China (Beijing) (AS)Colombia (Bogota) (SA)Comoros (Moroni) (AF)Congo (Brazzaville) (AF)Congo, Democratic Republic of (Kinshasa) (AF)Costa Rica (San Jose) (NA)Cote d’Ivoire/Ivory Coast (Yamoussoukro) (AF)Croatia (Zagreb) (EU)Cuba (Havana) (NA)Cyprus (Nicosia) (AS) and/or (EU)Czech Republic (Prague) (EU)(D) Denmark (Copenhagen) (EU)Djibouti (Djibouti) (AF)Dominica (Roseau) (NA)Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo) (NA)(E) East Timor (Dili) (AS)Ecuador (Quito) (SA)Egypt (Cairo) (AF)El Salvador (San Salvador) (NA)Equatorial Guinea (Malabo) (AF)Eritrea (Asmara) (AF)Estonia (Tallinn) (EU)Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) (AF)(F) Fiji (Suva) (AU – Oceania)Finland (Helsinki) (EU)France (Paris) (EU)(G) Gabon (Liberville) (AF)Gambia (Banjul) (AF)Georgia (Tbilisi) (EU)Germany (Berlin) (EU)Ghana (Accra) (AF)Greece (Athens) (EU)Grenada (St. George’s) (NA)Guatemala (Guatemala City) (NA)Guinea (Conakry) (AF)Guinea-Bissau (Bissau) (AF)Guyana (Georgetown) (SA)(H) Haiti (Port-au-Prince) (NA)Honduras (Tegucigalpa) (NA)Hungary (Budapest) (EU)(I) Iceland (Reykjavik) (EU)India (New Delhi) (AS)Indonesia (Jakarta) (AS)Iran (Tehran) (AS)Iraq (Baghdad) (AS)Ireland (Dublin) (EU)Israel (Jerusalem) (AS)Italy (Rome) (EU)(J) Jamaica (Kingston) (NA)Japan (Tokyo) (AS)Jordan (Amman) (AS)(K) Kazakstan (Astana) (AS)Kenya (Nairobi) (AF)Kiribati (Bairiki) (AU – Oceania)Korea, North (Pyongyang) (AS)Korea, South (Seoul) (AS)Kuwait (Kuwait City) (AS)Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek) (AS)(L) Laos (Vientiane) (AS)Latvia (Riga) (EU)Lebanon (Beirut) (AS)Lesotho (Maseru) (AF)Liberia (Monrovia) (AF)Libya (Tripoli) (AF)Liechtenstein (Vaduz) (EU)Lithuania (Vilnius) (EU)Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (EU)(M) Macedonia (Skopje) (EU)Madagascar (Antananarivo) (AF)Malawi (Lilongwe) (AF)Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) (AS)Maldives (Male) (AS)Mali (Bamako) (AF)Malta (Valletta) (EU)Marshall Islands (Majuro) (AU – Oceania)Mauritania (Nouakchott) (AF)Mauritius (Port Louis) (AF)Mexico (Mexico City) (NA)Micronesia (Palikir) (AU – Oceania)Moldova (Chisinau) (EU)Monaco (Monaco) (EU)Mongolia (Ulan Bator) (AS)Morocco (Rabat) (AF) (including Western Sahara)Mozambique (Maputo) (AF)(N) Namibia (Windhoek) (AF)Nauru (no official capital) (AU – Oceania)Nepal (Kathmandu) (AS)Netherlands (Amsterdam, The Hague) (EU)New Zealand (Wellington) (AU)Nicaragua (Managua) (NA)Niger (Niamey) (AF)Nigeria (Abuja) (AF)Norway (Oslo) (EU)(O) Oman (Muscat) (AS) (P) Pakistan (Islamabad) (AS)Palau (Koror) (AU – Oceania)Panama (Panama City) (NA)Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby) (AU)Paraguay (Asuncion) (SA)Peru (Lima) (SA)Philippines (Manila) (AS)Poland (Warsaw) (EU)Portugal (Lisbon) (EU)(Q) Qatar (Doha) (AS) (R) Romania (Bucharest) (EU)Russian Federation (Moscow) (AS) Rwanda (Kigali) (AF)(S) Saint Kitts and Nevis (Basseterre) (NA)Saint Lucia (Castries) (NA)Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Kingstown) (NA)Samoa (Apia) (AU – Oceania)San Marino (San Marino) (EU)Sao Tome and Principe (Sao Tome) (AF)Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) (AS)Senegal (Dakar) (AF)Seychelles (Victoria) (AF)Sierra Leone (Freetown) (AF)Singapore (Singapore City) (AS)Slovakia (Bratislava) (EU)Slovenia (Ljubljana) (EU)Solomon Islands (Honiara) (AU – Oceania)Somalia (Mogadishu) (AF)South Africa (Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein) (AF)Spain (Madrid) (EU)Sri Lanka (Colombo) (AS)Sudan (Khartoum) (AF)Suriname (Paramaribo) (SA)Swaziland (Mbabane) (AF)Sweden (Stockholm) (EU)Switzerland (Bern) (EU)Syria (Damascus) (AS)(T) Tajikistan (Dushanbe) (AS)Tanzania (Dodoma) (AF)Thailand (Bangkok) (AS)Togo (Lome) (AF)Tonga (Nuku’alofa) (AU – Oceania)Trinidad and Tobago (Port-of-Spain) (NA)Tunisia (Tunis) (AF)Turkey (Ankara) (AS) & (EU)Turkmenistan (Ashgabat) (AS)Tuvalu (Funafuti) (AU – Oceania)(U) Uganda (Kampala) (AF)Ukraine (Kiev) (EU)United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) (AS)United Kingdom (London) (EU)United States (Washington D.C.) (NA)Uruguay (Montevideo) (SA)Uzbekistan (Tashkent) (AS)(V) Vanuatu (Port-Vila) (AU – Oceania)Vatican City (na) (EU)Venezuela (Caracas) (SA)Vietnam (Hanoi) (AS)(Y) Yemen (Sana) (AS)Yugoslavia (now Serbia & Montenegro) (Belgrade) (EU) (Z) Zambia (Lusaka) (AF)Zimbabwe (Harare) (AF)

Sources: worldatlas.com

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Tcu Horned Frogs Tickets – Horned Frogs Poke Others Out Of The Way!

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The balance of the 2008-2009 season for the Horned Frogs includes games against Utah at Forth Worth, Colorado State at Fort Collins, UNLV at Fort Collins, BYU at Fort Worth, Air Force at Fort Worth, Wyoming at Laramie, New Mexico at Albuquerque, San Diego state at Fort Worth and Utah ant Salt Lake City.

The roster for the Horned Frogs looks pretty good as well. Team players include junior center Zvonko Buljan from Split Croatia, freshman guard Kevin Butler from Duncanville Texas, junior guard Jason Ebie from Houston Texas, freshman forward Logan Lancon from Houston Texas, senior forward Kevin Langford from Forth Worth Texas, junior guard Keion Mitchem from Rochester New York, freshaman guard Ronnie Moss from Forth Worth Texas, senior forward John Ortiz from Cali Columbia, junior forward Greg Richardson from Jacksonville Florida freshman guard Kavon Rose from Detroit Michigan, junior forward Edvinas Ruzgas from Vilnius Lithuania and junior forward A.J. Siebert from Southlake Texas.

Coaching support includes head coach Jim Christian who is serving his 1st season with the Horned Frogs. Assistant coach Jean Prioleau is serving his 1st season with the Horned Frogs. Assistant coach Bill Wuczynski is serving his 1st season with the Horned Frogs and director of basketball operations Eric Haut is serving his 1st season as well. With an entirely new cast of players in the coaching roles, it should be an interesting season for the Horned Frogs!

Langford may be the most viable contender for the highest valued player on the team this season. Langford\’s conference statistics include 33.0 minutes per game, .593 for field goals, .333 for three pointers and ..750 for field tries.

The Horned Frogs overall statistics include 13 wins and 7 losses. More specifically, at home the Horned Frogs have won9 games and loss 2 games. In away competitions, the Horned Frogs have won 3 games and lost 4 games. And neutral games are currently tied with 1 win and 1 loss. With respect to this year\’s conference, the Horned Frogs have an overall record of 4 wins and 2 losses. These statistics break down to home games where the Horned Frogs have won 3 games and loss 1. Statistics for the conference include away games where the Horned Frogs tied the scale with 1 win and 1 loss. There are no wins or losses on neutral games for the Horned Frogs in the conference statistics.

The Horned Frogs have been putting the poke on the competition and have won their last nine games in a row. The Horned Frogs are currently ranked 51st in the nation, which isn\’t a bad place to be. The Horned Frogs are also ranked third in the Mountain West Conference. Only two spots hold them from the top and those spots are held by San Diego State and the Air Force.

The Horned Frogs recently played at the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum against Wyoming in the Mountain West Conference and kept their winning streak going.

A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Vilnius, Lithuania by TravelPod blogger Stevefn titled “I dreamt of tractors and donkey carts…”. TravelPod is a company of TripAdvisor™. Stevefn’s travel blog entry: “Out of the three capitals we visited during this trip, I probably expected the least from Vilnius. In fact I think I dreamt of no more than tractors and donkey carts roaming the streets on a grey snowless December day. That just shows how ignorant I can be at times. From a touristy point of view, it is probably the city that receive the lowest number of visitors out of the three Baltic capitals. It is also a small city (although slightly bigger than Tallinn in population), so again I must say how surprised I was to find the city so modern and sophisticated. In addition to many designer shops, we found lots of great restaurants and hip bars hidden around in the old town amongst a ton of churches and beautiful buildings in different architectural styles. We found the people of Vilnius very hospitable and it was probably also the cheapest of the three capitals we visited, so no wonder that Vilnius became our little favorite. Lets see how soon all that will change when the hordes of tourists move on from Tallinn and Riga. We just stayed one night however, before we rented a car and headed north again on practically empty roads towards Riga, the Latvian capital. On the way to Riga we visited a pilgrimage site called The Hill of Crosses and it was a pleasant …
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International Cost of Living Comparison – Global Trends

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The ongoing impact of the credit crisis, slowing global economies, falling house prices, global stock market and exchange rate volatility, together with the US dollar strengthening against most currencies are all factors contributing to a major change in the global cost of living rankings.

The International Cost of Living Comparison comprises indexes for each of 276 global locations. The indexes are calculated using the prices for specific quantities of the same goods and services in each location, based on expatriate spending patterns across 13 broad categories (Basket Groups).

The latest international cost of living ranking, together with the overall cost of living index is as follows:

Rank Location (Overall Cost of Living Index New York=100)

1 Japan, Tokyo (126.03)

2 Norway, Oslo (123.74)

3 Denmark, Copenhagen (121.11)

4 Switzerland, Geneva (119.59)

5 Brazil, Brasilia (118.53)

6 United Kingdom, London (118.23)

7 Greenland, Nuuk (117.14)

8 Switzerland, Zurich (116.18)

9 Hungary, Budapest (114.36)

10 Russia, Moscow (113.41)

11 Nigeria, Lagos (112.69)

12 Ireland, Dublin (112.65)

13 New Caledonia, Noumea (112.43)

14 France, Paris (112.38)

15 Chad, N’Djamena (111.3)

16 Italy, Milan (111.19)

17 Cameroon, Douala (111.06)

18 Liechtenstein, Vaduz (110.89)

19 San Marino, San Marino (110.78)

20 Monaco, Monaco (109.83)

21 Czech Republic, Prague (109.81)

22 Austria, Vienna (109.68)

23 Slovakia, Bratislava (109.31)

24 Isle of Man, Douglas (108.97)

25 Poland, Warsaw (107.63)

26 Bermuda, Hamilton (107.53)

27 Italy, Rome (107.29)

28 Finland, Helsinki (107.07)

29 Australia, Sydney (106.52)

30 USA, San Francisco Calif (104.53)

31 Cote D’Ivoire, Abidjan (104.4)

32 Venezuela, Caracas (104.02)

33 China, Hong Kong (103.43)

34 United Arab Emirates, Dubai (103.36)

35 Croatia, Zagreb (103.29)

36 Angola, Luanda (103.27)

37 Belgium, Brussels (103.19)

38 Netherlands, Amsterdam (102.33)

39 Jersey, Saint Helier (102.24)

40 Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby (102.22)

41 Korea Republic of, Seoul (101.94)

42 Iceland, Reykjavík (101.66)

43 Ukraine, Kiev (101.2)

44 Guernsey, St Peter Port (100.68)

45 Qatar, Doha (100.64)

46 Central African Republic, Bangui (100.58)

47 Spain, Madrid (100.26)

48 USA, San Jose Calif (100.13)

49 Falkland Islands, Stanley (100)

50 USA, New York NY (100)

51 Sweden, Stockholm (99.76)

52 USA, Boston Mass (99.63)

53 Cameroon, Yaounde (98.84)

54 Mali, Bamako (98.74)

55 Benin, Cotonou (98.6)

56 Germany, Berlin (98.18)

57 Micronesia, Palikir (97.98)

58 Gabon, Libreville (97.77)

59 Canada, Toronto (97.39)

60 Germany, Bonn (96.38)

61 Vatican City, Vatican City (96.23)

62 Australia, Melbourne (95.88)

63 Australia, Canberra (95.88)

64 Estonia, Tallinn (95.08)

65 Turkey, Ankara (94.87)

66 Singapore, Singapore (94.6)

67 Guinea-Bissau, Bissau (94.24)

68 USA, Los Angeles Calif (93.93)

69 Palau, Melekeok (93.85)

70 Luxembourg, Luxembourg (93.77)

71 Canada, Vancouver (93.48)

72 Portugal, Lisbon (92.84)

73 Australia, Perth (92.82)

74 Germany, Frankfurt (92.81)

75 Azerbaijan, Baku (92.76)

76 Gibraltar, Gibraltar (92.33)

77 Comores, Moroni (92.04)

78 USA, Washington DC (91.8)

79 USA, Philadelphia Pa (91.49)

80 Nauru, Yaren (91.16)

81 Kazakhstan, Almaty (90.99)

82 Bahrain, Manama (90.82)

83 USA, San Diego Calif (90.7)

84 Bahamas, Nassau (90.63)

85 Togo, Lome (90.11)

86 Taiwan, Taipei (90.07)

87 Haiti, Port-au-Prince (90)

88 Senegal, Dakar (89.57)

89 Saint Helena, Jamestown (89.26)

90 USA, Baltimore Md (89.25)

91 United Kingdom, Glasgow (88.88)

92 Djibouti, Djibouti (88.45)

93 Niger, Niamey (88.38)

94 Zambia, Lusaka (88.36)

95 USA, Seattle Wash (88.3)

96 Andorra, Andorra la Vella (88.13)

97 Vietnam, Hanoi (88.03)

98 Tonga, Nuku’Alofa (87.34)

99 Gambia, Banjul (87.23)

100 United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi (87.16)

101 Cayman Islands, George Town (86.81)

102 Sudan, Khartoum (86.64)

103 Greece, Athens (86.59)

104 Barbados, Bridgetown (86.5)

105 USA, Portland Ore (86.1)

106 Sierra Leone, Freetown (85.92)

107 Equatorial Guinea, Malabo (85.89)

108 USA, Chicago Ill (85.73)

109 Romania, Bucharest (85.55)

110 USA, Miami Fla (85.54)

111 Marshall Islands, Majuro (85.41)

112 Cyprus, Nicosia (85.26)

113 Malta, Velletta (84.99)

114 Moldova, Chisinau (84.89)

115 Ghana, Accra (84.89)

116 United Kingdom, Birmingham (84.76)

117 Canada, Montreal (84.37)

118 Algeria, Algiers (84.01)

119 Israel, Jerusalem (83.82)

120 Australia, Brisbane (83.29)

121 Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou (82.92)

122 Lebanon, Beirut (82.74)

123 Jordan, Amman (82.41)

124 Guinea, Conakry (82.16)

125 Jamaica, Kingston (82.11)

126 Philippines, Manila (82.07)

127 Georgia Republic of, Tbilisi (82.03)

128 Congo Democratic Rep, Kinshasa (81.84)

129 Seychelles, Victoria (81.78)

130 Indonesia, Jakarta (81.76)

131 USA, Las Vegas Nev (81.75)

132 Lithuania, Vilnius (81.67)

133 Vanuatu, Port Vila (81.35)

134 Grenada, Saint George’s (81.23)

135 Trinidad and Tobago, Port-of-Spain (81.13)

136 Mozambique, Maputo (80.82)

137 New Zealand, Auckland (80.71)

138 Samoa, Apia (80.64)

139 Congo, Brazzaville (80.14)

140 Armenia, Yerevan (80.13)

141 Albania, Tirana (80.1)

142 Martinique, Fort-de-France (80.09)

143 Latvia, Riga (79.92)

144 Thailand, Bangkok (79.86)

145 Sao Tome and Principe, Sao Tome (79.79)

146 USA, Denver Colo (79.74)

147 China, Beijing (79.73)

148 Fiji, Suva (78.99)

149 Slovenia, Ljubljana (78.85)

150 Canada, Ottawa (78.82)

151 Tuvalu, Funafuti (78.78)

152 Myanmar, Yangon (78.51)

153 Puerto Rico, San Juan (78.49)

154 Kenya, Nairobi (78.4)

155 USA, Phoenix Ariz (78.26)

156 Mauritius, Port Louis (78.25)

157 Madagascar, Antananarivo (78.24)

158 USA, Tampa Fla (78.22)

159 Serbia, Belgrade (78.13)

160 Kiribati, South Tarawa (78.06)

161 Guam, Hagatna (77.8)

162 Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan (77.72)

163 Uruguay, Montevideo (77.41)

164 Colombia, Bogota (77.23)

165 USA, Atlanta GA (76.99)

166 Morocco, Rabat (76.93)

167 USA, Milwaukee Wis (76.77)

168 Paraguay, Asuncion (76.49)

169 Mexico, Mexico City (76.13)

170 USA, Columbus Ohio (76.06)

171 India, Mumbai (76.04)

172 Tanzania, Dar es Salaam (76)

173 Solomon Islands, Honiara (75.93)

174 USA, Cleveland Ohio (75.84)

175 USA, Detroit Mich (75.74)

176 Liberia, Monrovia (75.63)

177 USA, Austin Tex (75.57)

178 USA, Dallas Tex (75.47)

179 USA, Jacksonville Fla (75.47)

180 Australia, Adelaide (75.39)

181 Kuwait, Kuwait City (75.22)

182 Bulgaria, Sofia (75.14)

183 Saudi Arabia, Riyadh (75.08)

184 USA, Pittsburgh Penn (74.54)

185 Timor-Leste, Dili (74.29)

186 Iran, Tehran (74.24)

187 USA, Indianapolis Ind (74.13)

188 USA, Fort Worth Tex (73.64)

189 Somalia, Mogadishu (73.49)

190 Maldives, Male (73.48)

191 USA, Charlotte NC (73.47)

192 USA, Houston Tex (73.36)

193 Chile, Santiago (73.01)

194 Mauritania, Nouakchott (72.99)

195 Botswana, Gaberone (72.86)

196 Cape Verde, Praia (72.81)

197 USA, El Paso Tex (72.61)

198 Uganda, Kampala (72.25)

199 Afghanistan, Kabul (72.13)

200 Antigua and Barbuda, Saint John’s (72.04)

201 USA, St Louis MO (71.93)

202 Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur (71.82)

203 Peru, Lima (71.7)

204 Korea Democratic Republic of, Pyongyang (71.62)

205 Kosovo, Pristina (71.55)

206 India, New Delhi (71.4)

207 Belarus, Minsk (71.28)

208 Malawi, Lilongwe (71.24)

209 Saint Kitts and Nevis, Basseterre (71.07)

210 USA, Memphis Tenn (71.02)

211 India, Chennai (70.76)

212 Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek (70.29)

213 Burundi, Bujumbura (70.07)

214 Macedonia, Skopje (70.02)

215 USA, San Antonio Tex (70.02)

216 Guatemala, Guatemala City (69.74)

217 Honduras, Tegucigalpa (69.57)

218 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Kingstown (69.5)

219 Canada, Calgary (69.46)

220 India, Calcutta (69.31)

221 India, Hyderabad (68.85)

222 Dominica, Roseau (68.79)

223 Rwanda, Kigali (68.75)

224 Panama, Panama City (68.58)

225 Guyana, Georgetown (68.58)

226 China, Shanghai (68.48)

227 Syria, Damascus (67.99)

228 Montenegro, Podgorica (67.75)

229 Laos, Vientiane (67.43)

230 Ethiopia, Addis Ababa (66.87)

231 Cuba, Havana (66.61)

232 Belize, Belmopan (66.33)

233 Nicaragua, Managua (65.89)

234 Nepal, Kathmandu (65.67)

235 Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo (64.93)

236 Tunisia, Tunis (64.87)

237 Suriname, Paramaribo (64.75)

238 India, Bangalore (64.56)

239 South Africa, Johannesburg (64.51)

240 Costa Rica, San Jose (64.47)

241 Egypt, Cairo (64.18)

242 El Salvador, San Salvador (63.34)

243 Swaziland, Mbabane (63.11)

244 Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar (62.85)

245 South Africa, Pretoria (62.71)

246 Oman, Muscat (61.61)

247 Saint Lucia, Castries (61.2)

248 Pakistan, Lahore (59.48)

249 Tajikistan, Dushanbe (59.25)

250 South Africa, Cape Town (58.99)

251 Namibia, Windhoek (58.89)

252 Sri Lanka, Colombo (58.51)

253 Pakistan, Islamabad (58.33)

254 Iraq, Baghdad (58.25)

255 Pakistan, Karachi (57.72)

256 Lesotho, Maseru (57.49)

257 Argentina, Buenos Aires (57.46)

258 Bangladesh, Dhaka (57.03)

259 Bhutan, Thimphu (56.78)

260 Bolivia, La Paz (56.66)

261 China, Macao (56.41)

262 South Africa, Durban (56.07)

263 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo (54.35)

264 Ecuador, Quito (53.83)

265 Uzbekistan, Tashkent (53.03)

266 Libya, Tripoli (52.74)

267 China, Shenzhen (51.65)

268 Eritrea, Asmara (50.72)

269 China, Dalian (50.54)

270 China, Wuhan (49.93)

271 China, Guangzhou (47.28)

272 Cambodia, Phnom Penh (45.65)

273 Yemen, Sanaa (45.6)

274 Turkmenistan, Ashgabat (38.77)

275 China, Tianjin (29.5)

276 Zimbabwe, Harare (17.12)

Looking for Responsible/compliance Officer

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About Teletrade

TeleTRADE D.J. is one of the leading financial companies in Eastern Europe and CIS countries.TeleTRADE has more than 80 offices located in more than 13 countries of the world modernly equipped for trading and education.

Since 1994, Teletrade D.J. offers its clients an extensive range of consultancy services enabling them to trade in the global financial markets (international Forex market and the US stock market); offering the opportunity of earning income at a significantly higher level than the interest on any banking deposit.

In addition to offering consultancy services to companies and investors, TeleTRADE DJ has 12 years of cooperation and partnership experience with banking elite, and combining this experience with the most advanced financial software products, offers training to traders and financial analysts in cooperation with universities and financial institutions in many countries.

OUR MISSION

Creation of an environment where any individual could be able to use personal and/or business capital in the most effective way to get maximal profit in the international financial markets.

OUR ADVANTAGES:

— 13 years of experience since 1994
— More than 80 offices
— Servicing bank is one of the leaders of the world bank elite
— State-of-the-art software which is one of the best in its field
— Unique training courses
— Member of Commission of Regulation of Interaction of Financial Markets Participants (CORIFMP)
— Professional analytical group
— Winner of the international “European Quality” prize

Company h?story

Our company has opened its first representative office in CIS in 1994 in Moscow, and in September, 1995 in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan. In September, 1997 representative office in Kiev, Ukraine has begun its work.

Since 1999 the company has started the program of regional development. And from the same year clients of the company had an opportunity to make operations in the world financial markets by means of Internet which considerably lowered expenses and therefore lowered operation commisions (spead). In 2000 web site of the company – www.teletrade.ru has begun service for russian speaking clients of TeleTRADE

2001 – the Company needed the qualitative tool for work in the financial markets through the Internet.

In 2002 MetaTrader platform – an advanced software product, which is actually does not have analogues in its field, has been developed, allowing making operations simultaneously on one account in currency, share and futures markets.

Today TELETRADE company is dynamically developing company having more than 70 modernly equipped representatives offices in the CIS countries, East Europe, Turkey and China.

chronological development

1994 — representative office of Teletrade is opened in Moscow.

1995 — representative office in Alma-Ata is opened.

1996 — representative office in Moscow is opened.

1997 — representative office in Kiev is opened.

1998 — representative office in Karaganda is opened.

1999 — representative offices in Odessa and Dnepropetrovsk are opened.

2000 — representative office in Saratov is opened.

2000 — company has developed web site www.teletrade.ru. Representative offices in Samara, Novosibirsk, St.-Petersburg, Tyumen, Perm, Baku are opened.

2001 — together with MetaQuotes company new trading platform MetaTrader – best product in the market in its field has been developed.

2002 — representative offices in Omsk, Kharkov, Irkutsk, Kazan, Nizhni Novgorod, Astrakhan, Cherkassy, Vilnius, Kishinev, Astana, Chimkent are opened.

2003 — representative offices in Cheboksary, Uzhgorod, Kemerovo, Tolyatti, ??????, Ekaterinburg, Izhevsk … are opened

2004 — TeleTRADE is one of initiators of creation of the Commission of Regulation of Interaction of Financial Markets Participants (CORIFMP). Representative offices in Krasnoyarsks, Ufa, Rostov-on-Don, Nizhnekamsk, Simferopol (Ukraine) are opened. The informative coordination center in Europe in the city of Prague (Czechia) is created.

Tips for Visitors to Eastern Europe

admin — Thu, 12 May 2011 05:22:01 +0000

Article by Keith Barrett

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, many countries of Eastern Europe have become considerably more accessible to visitors from abroad. If you take sensible precautions, then you can enjoy a great holiday in Eastern Europe.

Prague, Budapest, Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius and Bucharest were once just names that many of us might spot when leafing through a World Atlas. Few of us knew much about these cities or what they had to offer. Thankfully, we now have far more freedom to travel.

Prague, which once seemed so remote, is now at the very centre of the European travel industry. The many other beautiful cities and sights of the former Eastern Bloc have been quickly following suit, attracting visitors with their history, architecture, culture and atmosphere.

As well as being in the news as great holiday locations, there have been some scare stories about travelling in Eastern Europe. Fortunately, there are some simple tips that you can follow to ensure that you have a safe, enjoyable holiday:

1. If you have valuable belongings that you don’t need to carry around with you, then leave them locked up in a secure location, such as your hotel safe. Don’t forget that items will tend to have greater value in many Eastern European countries, where wages are generally lower.

2. Do not allow yourself to be led by strangers. As with any situation, you simply need to show a little common sense. If someone that you are unfamiliar with offers to show you parts of a strange city, then you should always consider your own safety.

3. If you carry cash, then keep it well hidden. Eastern European cities are no different from the likes of London, Paris or New York in this respect – to avoid pick-pockets, you should ensure that money is well hidden about your person and that you keep an eye on your handbag at all times.

4. Beware straying into poorly lit area at night. One of the disadvantages of being in an unfamiliar city can be that you may not know which districts are best avoided.

5. Make sure that you are aware of any local customs. You will notice some behavioural differences when visiting some parts of the region.

6. Take the time to learn a few local phrases – you will find that this is appreciated by the local people and can also be very useful.

7. Read any advice offered by the Foreign Office. Fortunately, much of Eastern Europe now has a very stable political situation, but it’s always worth reading the latest advice before travelling.

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Top romantic places to visit in Latvia

admin — Wed, 11 May 2011 10:16:52 +0000

Latvia, one of the immensely amazing places in the former Soviet Union, is the desired site for true lovers. After the fall of Berlin wall, the visistors from all over the world love to discover Eastern Europe as it has become very simple to reach there. Cities like Prague, Budapest and numerous others have always been the most desired destination for millions. Riga, the capital of Latvia, is other favorite romantic place in Europe. Soon as Latvia invited the world by releasing its borders to the world, people have discovered the truly loving paradise out there. The lovely climate, friendly and warm people and amazing loveliness of this country has always brought a remarkable effect on other parts of the world. There are several romantic locations out there where you can spend your holidays with your special one. Riga, Prague, Budapest and numerous other cities have driven tourists from all over the world who have actually sensed the glamour of romance. The romantic climate and the romantic atmosphere takes you and your lover into a completely new world of romance. You don’t realize how day turned to evening and how days just passed by. The architectural monuments which reflect art nouveau of the 19th century brings you extreme pleasure to discover this attractive nation. The everlasting and incredible beauty of this country is a perfect place for lovers to enjoy here. Cities like Vilnius and Kaunas are equally worth experiencing. The will and joy of the Latvians can be clearly seen as there are many night clubs, bars, restaurants and pubs that bring joy to the night life out there. The night is equally attractive and interesting as the day is. Riga is considered to be the actual jewel of the Baltic where visitors enjoy themselves completely. Further the low cost of living and the affordable accommodations in the most attractive place in Latvia is other main feature that draws thousands of tourists to this country. The only main cost is your flight to this amazing country, while the living, traveling to locations in Latvia and food, all is very affordable. You actually get the real worth of your money. It is worth spending on your trip to this highly inexpensive country, Latvia. It is really an Undiscovered Paradise on earth. Come and discover this amazingly incredible country of the world and feel the romantic feeling with your partner that you always desired. And if you want to send flowers to your lady in Latvia, you will be astonished to realize that there are many online florists who can deliver the most lovely flowers in her hands. Latvia is equally known for its natural beauty and the vibrant flowers makes Latvia complete in all aspects. There is nothing as pretty as flowers, so you can influence your partner by sending the prettiest bouquet of flowers displayed on these online websites. Or you can pick your preferred flowers and make a bouquet as per your choice. Gift your special one the beautiful and fresh flowers in the world.

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International Cost of Living Trends 2009

admin — Tue, 10 May 2011 15:37:16 +0000

The objective of expatriate pay programs is to ensure that employee spending power and standard of living is maintained irrespective of global location. How to achieve this has been an issue many organizations spend considerable time on.

Exchange rates are volatile as they are based on short-term factors and are subject to substantial distortions from speculative movements, economic outlook and government interventions. In the short term, exchange rates, even when averaged over a period of time such as a year, are not a good measure of the comparative value of a salary in relation to its comparative international purchasing power. In the short to medium term at least, apparent changes in the comparative level of remuneration between one country and another may be principally a function of changes in the exchange rate.

A far better measure is salary purchasing power parity (SPPP) which is the amount of salary that equalizes the purchasing power of different currencies given the relative cost of the same basket of goods (cost of living) at the exchange rate versus one US Dollar. This means that a given salary, when converted into different currencies at the SPPP rates, will buy the same basket of goods and services in all countries.

The basket of goods and services used in SPPP calculations is derived on an International basis and includes certain items often excluded from expatriate cost of living data (most notably housing costs), however any or all of the 13 basket groups can be included or excluded from a calculation. SPPP’s provide a reasonably good picture of the differences in standards of living for individual’s resident and paid in different countries.

Internationally comparable data is crucial to forming sustainable expatriate pay policies and monitoring progress. Market exchange rates give misleading comparisons because they do not reflect salary purchasing power differences. Salary Purchasing Power Parities account for price differences between countries and so measure real quantities.

The ongoing impact of the credit crisis, slowing global economies, falling house prices, global stock market and exchange rate volatility, together with the US dollar and Euro strengthening against most currencies are all factors contributing to a major change in relative salary purchasing power, which can be seen from the global cost of living rankings as at January 2009.

London has already dropped from the most expensive place for expats to live to now rank 6th. New York has dropped to 50th but is now expected to begin to climb back up the ranking as the global recession impacts other parts of the world. Tokyo has reclaimed the title of the most expensive place in the world for expats in terms of salary purchasing power relative to all other international locations.

The salary purchasing power parity rank comprises cost of living indexes for each of 276 global locations. The indexes are calculated using the prices for specific quantities of the same goods and services in each location, based on expatriate spending patterns across 13 broad categories (Basket Groups).

The latest salary purchasing power parity ranking, together with the overall cost of living index, sourced from www.xpatulator.com as at January 2009 is as follows:

Rank Location (Overall Cost of Living Index New York=100)

1.Japan, Tokyo (126.03)
2.Norway, Oslo (123.74)
3.Denmark, Copenhagen (121.11)
4.Switzerland, Geneva (119.59)
5.Brazil, Brasilia (118.53)
6.United Kingdom, London (118.23)
7.Greenland, Nuuk (117.14)
8.Switzerland, Zurich (116.18)
9.Hungary, Budapest (114.36)
10.Russia, Moscow (113.41)
11.Nigeria, Lagos (112.69)
12.Ireland, Dublin (112.65)
13.New Caledonia, Noumea (112.43)
14.France, Paris (112.38)
15.Chad, N’Djamena (111.3)
16.Italy, Milan (111.19)
17.Cameroon, Douala (111.06)
18.Liechtenstein, Vaduz (110.89)
19.San Marino, San Marino (110.78)
20.Monaco, Monaco (109.83)
21.Czech Republic, Prague (109.81)
22.Austria, Vienna (109.68)
23.Slovakia, Bratislava (109.31)
24.Isle of Man, Douglas (108.97)
25.Poland, Warsaw (107.63)
26.Bermuda, Hamilton (107.53)
27.Italy, Rome (107.29)
28.Finland, Helsinki (107.07)
29.Australia, Sydney (106.52)
30.USA, San Francisco Calif (104.53)
31.Cote D’Ivoire, Abidjan (104.4)
32.Venezuela, Caracas (104.02)
33.China, Hong Kong (103.43)
34.United Arab Emirates, Dubai (103.36)
35.Croatia, Zagreb (103.29)
36.Angola, Luanda (103.27)
37.Belgium, Brussels (103.19)
38.Netherlands, Amsterdam (102.33)
39.Jersey, Saint Helier (102.24)
40.Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby (102.22)
41.Korea Republic of, Seoul (101.94)
42.Iceland, Reykjavík (101.66)
43.Ukraine, Kiev (101.2)
44.Guernsey, St Peter Port (100.68)
45.Qatar, Doha (100.64)
46.Central African Republic, Bangui (100.58)
47.Spain, Madrid (100.26)
48.USA, San Jose Calif (100.13)
49.Falkland Islands, Stanley (100)
50.USA, New York NY (100)
51.Sweden, Stockholm (99.76)
52.USA, Boston Mass (99.63)
53.Cameroon, Yaounde (98.84)
54.Mali, Bamako (98.74)
55.Benin, Cotonou (98.6)
56.Germany, Berlin (98.18)
57.Micronesia, Palikir (97.98)
58.Gabon, Libreville (97.77)
59.Canada, Toronto (97.39)
60.Germany, Bonn (96.38)
61.Vatican City, Vatican City (96.23)
62.Australia, Melbourne (95.88)
63.Australia, Canberra (95.88)
64.Estonia, Tallinn (95.08)
65.Turkey, Ankara (94.87)
66.Singapore, Singapore (94.6)
67.Guinea-Bissau, Bissau (94.24)
68.USA, Los Angeles Calif (93.93)
69.Palau, Melekeok (93.85)
70.Luxembourg, Luxembourg (93.77)
71.Canada, Vancouver (93.48)
72.Portugal, Lisbon (92.84)
73.Australia, Perth (92.82)
74.Germany, Frankfurt (92.81)
75.Azerbaijan, Baku (92.76)
76.Gibraltar, Gibraltar (92.33)
77.Comores, Moroni (92.04)
78.USA, Washington DC (91.8)
79.USA, Philadelphia Pa (91.49)
80.Nauru, Yaren (91.16)
81.Kazakhstan, Almaty (90.99)
82.Bahrain, Manama (90.82)
83.USA, San Diego Calif (90.7)
84.Bahamas, Nassau (90.63)
85.Togo, Lome (90.11)
86.Taiwan, Taipei (90.07)
87.Haiti, Port-au-Prince (90)
88.Senegal, Dakar (89.57)
89.Saint Helena, Jamestown (89.26)
90.USA, Baltimore Md (89.25)
91.United Kingdom, Glasgow (88.88)
92.Djibouti, Djibouti (88.45)
93.Niger, Niamey (88.38)
94.Zambia, Lusaka (88.36)
95.USA, Seattle Wash (88.3)
96.Andorra, Andorra la Vella (88.13)
97.Vietnam, Hanoi (88.03)
98.Tonga, Nuku’Alofa (87.34)
99.Gambia, Banjul (87.23)
100.United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi (87.16)
101.Cayman Islands, George Town (86.81)
102.Sudan, Khartoum (86.64)
103.Greece, Athens (86.59)
104.Barbados, Bridgetown (86.5)
105.USA, Portland Ore (86.1)
106.Sierra Leone, Freetown (85.92)
107.Equatorial Guinea, Malabo (85.89)
108.USA, Chicago Ill (85.73)
109.Romania, Bucharest (85.55)
110.USA, Miami Fla (85.54)
111.Marshall Islands, Majuro (85.41)
112.Cyprus, Nicosia (85.26)
113.Malta, Velletta (84.99)
114.Moldova, Chisinau (84.89)
115.Ghana, Accra (84.89)
116.United Kingdom, Birmingham (84.76)
117.Canada, Montreal (84.37)
118.Algeria, Algiers (84.01)
119.Israel, Jerusalem (83.82)
120.Australia, Brisbane (83.29)
121.Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou (82.92)
122.Lebanon, Beirut (82.74)
123.Jordan, Amman (82.41)
124.Guinea, Conakry (82.16)
125.Jamaica, Kingston (82.11)
126.Philippines, Manila (82.07)
127.Georgia Republic of, Tbilisi (82.03)
128.Congo Democratic Rep, Kinshasa (81.84)
129.Seychelles, Victoria (81.78)
130.Indonesia, Jakarta (81.76)
131.USA, Las Vegas Nev (81.75)
132.Lithuania, Vilnius (81.67)
133.Vanuatu, Port Vila (81.35)
134.Grenada, Saint George’s (81.23)
135.Trinidad and Tobago, Port-of-Spain (81.13)
136.Mozambique, Maputo (80.82)
137.New Zealand, Auckland (80.71)
138.Samoa, Apia (80.64)
139.Congo, Brazzaville (80.14)
140.Armenia, Yerevan (80.13)
141.Albania, Tirana (80.1)
142.Martinique, Fort-de-France (80.09)
143.Latvia, Riga (79.92)
144.Thailand, Bangkok (79.86)
145.Sao Tome and Principe, Sao Tome (79.79)
146.USA, Denver Colo (79.74)
147.China, Beijing (79.73)
148.Fiji, Suva (78.99)
149.Slovenia, Ljubljana (78.85)
150.Canada, Ottawa (78.82)
151.Tuvalu, Funafuti (78.78)
152.Myanmar, Yangon (78.51)
153.Puerto Rico, San Juan (78.49)
154.Kenya, Nairobi (78.4)
155.USA, Phoenix Ariz (78.26)
156.Mauritius, Port Louis (78.25)
157.Madagascar, Antananarivo (78.24)
158.USA, Tampa Fla (78.22)
159.Serbia, Belgrade (78.13)
160.Kiribati, South Tarawa (78.06)
161.Guam, Hagatna (77.8)
162.Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan (77.72)
163.Uruguay, Montevideo (77.41)
164.Colombia, Bogota (77.23)
165.USA, Atlanta GA (76.99)
166.Morocco, Rabat (76.93)
167.USA, Milwaukee Wis (76.77)
168.Paraguay, Asuncion (76.49)
169.Mexico, Mexico City (76.13)
170.USA, Columbus Ohio (76.06)
171.India, Mumbai (76.04)
172.Tanzania, Dar es Salaam (76)
173.Solomon Islands, Honiara (75.93)
174.USA, Cleveland Ohio (75.84)
175.USA, Detroit Mich (75.74)
176.Liberia, Monrovia (75.63)
177.USA, Austin Tex (75.57)
178.USA, Dallas Tex (75.47)
179.USA, Jacksonville Fla (75.47)
180.Australia, Adelaide (75.39)
181.Kuwait, Kuwait City (75.22)
182.Bulgaria, Sofia (75.14)
183.Saudi Arabia, Riyadh (75.08)
184.USA, Pittsburgh Penn (74.54)
185.Timor-Leste, Dili (74.29)
186.Iran, Tehran (74.24)
187.USA, Indianapolis Ind (74.13)
188.USA, Fort Worth Tex (73.64)
189.Somalia, Mogadishu (73.49)
190.Maldives, Male (73.48)
191.USA, Charlotte NC (73.47)
192.USA, Houston Tex (73.36)
193.Chile, Santiago (73.01)
194.Mauritania, Nouakchott (72.99)
195.Botswana, Gaberone (72.86)
196.Cape Verde, Praia (72.81)
197.USA, El Paso Tex (72.61)
198.Uganda, Kampala (72.25)
199.Afghanistan, Kabul (72.13)
200.Antigua and Barbuda, Saint John’s (72.04)
201.USA, St Louis MO (71.93)
202.Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur (71.82)
203.Peru, Lima (71.7)
204.Korea Democratic Republic of, Pyongyang (71.62)
205.Kosovo, Pristina (71.55)
206.India, New Delhi (71.4)
207.Belarus, Minsk (71.28)
208.Malawi, Lilongwe (71.24)
209.Saint Kitts and Nevis, Basseterre (71.07)
210.USA, Memphis Tenn (71.02)
211.India, Chennai (70.76)
212.Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek (70.29)
213.Burundi, Bujumbura (70.07)
214.Macedonia, Skopje (70.02)
215.USA, San Antonio Tex (70.02)
216.Guatemala, Guatemala City (69.74)
217.Honduras, Tegucigalpa (69.57)
218.Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Kingstown (69.5)
219.Canada, Calgary (69.46)
220.India, Calcutta (69.31)
221.India, Hyderabad (68.85)
222.Dominica, Roseau (68.79)
223.Rwanda, Kigali (68.75)
224.Panama, Panama City (68.58)
225.Guyana, Georgetown (68.58)
226.China, Shanghai (68.48)
227.Syria, Damascus (67.99)
228.Montenegro, Podgorica (67.75)
229.Laos, Vientiane (67.43)
230.Ethiopia, Addis Ababa (66.87)
231.Cuba, Havana (66.61)
232.Belize, Belmopan (66.33)
233.Nicaragua, Managua (65.89)
234.Nepal, Kathmandu (65.67)
235.Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo (64.93)
236.Tunisia, Tunis (64.87)
237.Suriname, Paramaribo (64.75)
238.India, Bangalore (64.56)
239.South Africa, Johannesburg (64.51)
240.Costa Rica, San Jose (64.47)
241.Egypt, Cairo (64.18)
242.El Salvador, San Salvador (63.34)
243.Swaziland, Mbabane (63.11)
244.Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar (62.85)
245.South Africa, Pretoria (62.71)
246.Oman, Muscat (61.61)
247.Saint Lucia, Castries (61.2)
248.Pakistan, Lahore (59.48)
249.Tajikistan, Dushanbe (59.25)
250.South Africa, Cape Town (58.99)
251.Namibia, Windhoek (58.89)
252.Sri Lanka, Colombo (58.51)
253.Pakistan, Islamabad (58.33)
254.Iraq, Baghdad (58.25)
255.Pakistan, Karachi (57.72)
256.Lesotho, Maseru (57.49)
257.Argentina, Buenos Aires (57.46)
258.Bangladesh, Dhaka (57.03)
259.Bhutan, Thimphu (56.78)
260.Bolivia, La Paz (56.66)
261.China, Macao (56.41)
262.South Africa, Durban (56.07)
263.Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo (54.35)
264.Ecuador, Quito (53.83)
265.Uzbekistan, Tashkent (53.03)
266.Libya, Tripoli (52.74)
267.China, Shenzhen (51.65)
268.Eritrea, Asmara (50.72)
269.China, Dalian (50.54)
270.China, Wuhan (49.93)
271.China, Guangzhou (47.28)
272.Cambodia, Phnom Penh (45.65)
273.Yemen, Sanaa (45.6)
274.Turkmenistan, Ashgabat (38.77)
275.China, Tianjin (29.5)
276.Zimbabwe, Harare (17.12)

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