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Day: June 19, 2012

Bulgaria Leisure News 

Bulgaria’s archaeological summer heats up

June 19, 2012May 27, 2013 Hristina Dimitrova archaeology

Bulgaria’s archaeological summer, just like the meteorological one, promises to be very hot. In Sarafovo, near Bourgas on the Black

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Business Perspectives 

The ‘Sofia’ criteria for the euro zone

June 19, 2012June 4, 2014 Petar Ganev, IME euro zone

The European Central Bank (ECB) published its Convergence Report (2012), in which it evaluates the progress of the members states

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Europe News 

EU set to ease Greek bailout terms

June 19, 2012May 27, 2013 VOANews Greece

The European Union says it is set to ease the strict austerity conditions of Greece’s financial bailout, possibly agreeing to

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Bulgaria Business Europe News 

Norway ends labour market restrictions on Bulgarians and Romanians

June 19, 2012June 19, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Norway has abolished restrictions on access by Bulgarians and Romanians to the country’s labour market. Bulgaria and Romania joined the

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Europe News 

Romania’s prime minister accused of plagiarism

June 19, 2012May 27, 2013 Alex Bivol Romania

Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta has become the latest high-ranking European politician to become embroiled in a plagiarism row after

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Despite MENA crisis, asylum applications in Bulgaria remain low

June 19, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of asylum-seekers applying for refugee status in Bulgaria remains low in spite of the crisis in the Middle

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Greek New Democracy party leader Antonis Samaras
Europe News 

Greek party leaders hopeful as coalition talks continue

June 19, 2012May 27, 2013 VOANews Greece

Greek party leaders are holding a second day of talks aimed at forming a coalition government. The country’s president has

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Europe News 

ExxonMobil quits shale gas exploration in Poland

June 19, 2012May 27, 2013 The Warsaw Voice energy, Poland

US company ExxonMobil finished its shale gas exploration activities in Poland as no continuous, commercial level of hydrocarbons flow was

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Europe News World 

Flame malware: Hard-drive horror

June 19, 2012June 19, 2012 Niklas Jakobsson of The Budapest Times

The recent discovery of the Flame malware is the latest in a series of revelations about malicious software that suggest

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