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Day: July 4, 2012

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Business 

Up to par: The success of Czech golf courses

July 4, 2012July 4, 2012 Jonathan Crane of The Prague Post

Mark Twain once said, “Golf is a good walk spoiled.” But, for local businessmen, golf can be a long-term investment

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Europe News 

European Parliament rejects ACTA in landslide vote

July 4, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

European Parliament voted on July 4 to reject the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), the international treaty that internet freedom groups

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News World 

CERN finds new subatomic particle ‘consistent with Higgs boson’

July 4, 2012 Alex Bivol

The hunt for the most elusive subatomic particle of them all might finally caught its quarry, as the European Organisation

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Business Europe News 

MEPs urged not to vote down ACTA

July 4, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol

European trade commissioner Karel de Gucht delivered an impassioned plea to the European Parliament on July 3, asking MEPs not

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Europe News Perspectives 

Watchdog slams Kosovo parliament decision on including media articles in criminal code

July 4, 2012July 4, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), deplores the June 22

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Rosen Plevneliev, President of the Republic of Bulgaria
Bulgaria Europe News 

Bulgaria’s President Plevneliev visiting Greece

July 4, 2012July 4, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev is to pay an official visit to Greece on July 4 and 5 2012 at the

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Business Europe News 

Amid crisis, Poland bucks the trend: FT

July 4, 2012July 4, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

Poland is solidifying its position as the European Union’s fastest growing economy and is the most resilient of the ex-communist

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Europe News 

Gay games upsets Hungary’s Jobbik

July 4, 2012July 4, 2012 The Budapest Times

The Budapest City Council caucus of radical right-wing party Jobbik has said that the 14th EuroGames – a gay and

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Europe News 

Croatia rescues 65 people from Adriatic Sea

July 4, 2012July 4, 2012 Lisa Schlein of VOANews

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR, says the Croatian Coast Guard has rescued 65 people on Monday

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