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Day: June 26, 2012

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Key European leaders call for tighter financial control

June 26, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

Key European leaders are calling for much tighter central control of spending by the 17 countries that use the euro

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Europe News Perspectives 

Russia Watch: Putin the Permissive and Russian football hooligans

June 26, 2012June 2, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Poland, Russia

The world may indeed be flat. Several thousand Russians recently traveled to the western edge of their country – and

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News World 

Erdogan warns Damascus of Turkey’s ‘wrath’

June 26, 2012June 26, 2012 Dorian Jones of VOANews

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is ratcheting up the pressure on Syria over the shooting down of a Turkish

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian MPs accept presidential veto on Judiciary Act amendments

June 26, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

The legal affairs committee of Bulgarian Parliament voted on June 26 to accept the veto imposed by President Rossen Plevneliev

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Bulgaria Perspectives 

Paltry prospects for Bulgaria’s new political parties

June 26, 2012June 26, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

An opinion survey in June 2012 said that Bulgarians – who are about a year away from national parliamentary elections

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NATO condemns Syria for downing Turkish jet

June 26, 2012June 26, 2012 Selah Hennessy VOANews

NATO member states have condemned Syria for shooting down a Turkish military jet last Friday.  Speaking Tuesday, NATO chief Anders

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian MP investigated for conflict of interest

June 26, 2012June 26, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Emil Dimitrov, an MP for Bulgaria’s ruling party GERB, is being investigated by the Cabinet’s commission tasked with preventing conflict

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s new motorway speed limit of 140km/h takes effect

June 26, 2012June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff motorways

As of June 26 2012, the maximum speed limit on Bulgaria’s motorways is increased to 140km/h. The change follows amendments

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Bulgaria News 

Motorway construction, repairs in Bulgaria mean detours throughout summer

June 26, 2012June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff motorways

Because of repairs to the Devnya overpass on Hemus motorway, traffic is being diverted between the Suvorovo and Neofit Rilski

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