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Day: December 11, 2012

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Bulgaria does not support December European Council giving Macedonia a date for EU accession talks

December 11, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria, underlining that it wants to see Skopje taking real steps towards good neighbourly relations, has said that it would

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court nominee withdraws as investigations loom

December 11, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol judiciary

Bulgarian prosecutor Galya Gougousheva, nominated for the vacant seat on the country’s Constitutional Court, has formally withdrawn her candidacy on

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s food safety agency begins large-scale checks ahead of Festive Season

December 11, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Food Safety Agency is beginning large-scale checks at restaurants, shops and all facilities where food is sold ahead of

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Bulgaria News 

Battle lines drawn as Bulgaria approaches rethink on smoking ban

December 11, 2012June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff smoking

A Bulgarian lobby group against allowing smoking in public places has called for support for a protest in front of

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria and Italy in police special operation to detain people wanted under European arrest warrants

December 11, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A police operation co-ordinated by Europol was taking place in Bulgaria and Italy on December 11 2012, aimed at taking

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Europe News 

Moldova overtakes Ukraine on road to Europe

December 11, 2012June 2, 2013 Annabelle Chapman of the Kyiv Post Moldova, Ukraine

As Ukraine’s relations with the European Union remain frosty, its smaller neighbour Moldova is taking the limelight. The country of

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Europe News 

Poland asks EU to pressure Moscow for Smolensk wreckage

December 11, 2012May 22, 2013 The Warsaw Voice

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said Monday he asked EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to formally raise the issue

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