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The Romanian government approved Friday a draft ratification agreement with the Republic of Moldova for a 100 million euro grant to the neighboring country. The Croatian Parliament is to vote Friday revisions to the VAT Act aimed to curb the rising prices for the public and the business. The Gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB project) has been joined successfully to the TransAdriatic Pipeline (TAP). The decision of the government in Pristina to stop the practice of holding elections in the communities where the Serbian population is a majority was criticized by Belgrade, as well as by some Serbs in Kosovo who organized a protest.