Worker at Sofia’s Serdica archaeological site arrested for alleged theft of ancient coins
A 46-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stealing ancient coins from the Serdica archaeological excavations site in the centre
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Month: October 2012
Turkey seizes cargo from Syrian plane forced to land in Ankara
Turkey says it has confiscated illicit cargo from a Syrian passenger plane that it forced to land in Ankara after
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Russia Watch: Charm alert: Georgia welcomes Russian tourists
Nervousness was in the air the other afternoon when my S7 Airbus, packed with Russian tourists, touched down at Tbilisi’s
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Bulgarian Cabinet approves draft Budget, 10% tax on deposit interest
Bulgaria’s Government approved on October 10 the Budget bill, drafted by the Finance Ministry, along with a number of Budget-related
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Candidate status for Albania and SAA for Kosovo in EC’s ‘next steps for EU enlargement’
The European Commission, in a series of reports of Western Balkan countries, outlined what it called its “next steps towards
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Bulgarian Parliament extends term of shale gas committee
Bulgaria’s Parliament decided on October 10 to extend by six months the term of the ad hoc committee tasked with
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EC holds back on date for start of accession talks with Serbia, recommends ‘improved’ relations with Kosovo
A regular progress report by the European Commission, released on October 10 2012, refrained from recommending a date for Belgrade
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European Commission again recommends start of EU accession negotiations with Macedonia
The European Commission said on October 10 2012 that it was recommending that European Union accession negotiations be started with
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Russian court releases one of three Pussy Riot members
A Russian appeals court has freed one of the members of the all-female punk band Pussy Riot, but has upheld
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