The biggest part of our business has always been moving things, not paper. With the Internet, people in Mississippi can buy things from Macedonia, without regard to time or place or quantity.
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Remember all those references to Macedonia as the oasis of peace in the Balkans. You only really appreciate it when you have lost it.
When we sell paper in Asia, we sell them things such as their corrugator rolls as well as paper.
Greece is not an easy country to do business in.
I think that the tying of the Montenegrin economy with the euro is a much better option than the adventure of printing our own currency.
Albania, Macedonia and Greece have managed to create a good partnership in the south of the Continent and are making progress in blocking the spread of the conflict. But any spillover could destroy this European-oriented partnership and create problems for the European Union countries themselves.
The Republic of Macedonia is being built on democratic ideals and values, not on ethnic groups. Those ideals and values include economic opportunities, language and educational opportunities, religious rights, and political processes.
We are a trading nation, and we are trading with Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Ireland.
Folks have a common misconception that Mississippi is strictly a rural, outdoors state. While we are famous for our hunting, sport fishing and year-round golf, we also have leading manufacturers like Peavey Electronics and Viking Range Corp.
We are not going to do ourselves any favors by buying into what's printed in newspapers.
We practically own everything in the Philippines.