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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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Europe News 

EC to start high-level dialogue with Bosnia and Herzegovina on accession process

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

European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle will on June 27 2012 launch the High Level Dialogue

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Europe News 

Security chief accused of neglect in Polish presidential plane crash probe

June 26, 2012June 26, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

Prosecutors have charged the former deputy chief of the Government Protection Bureau with neglecting his duties while organizing the Polish

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Europe News 

Former Hungarian president Schmitt seeks plagiarism review

June 26, 2012June 26, 2012 The Budapest Times

Former Hungarian president of the republic Pál Schmitt has applied for a court review of the decision by Semmelweis University

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Europe News Perspectives 

News Analysis: What’s next for Europe’s left?

June 26, 2012May 22, 2013 Marketa Hulpachova of The Prague Post

As France’s newly elected socialist President Francois Hollande settles into the Élysée Palace, bolstered by comfortable socialist majority in that

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Business Europe News 

Spain, Cyprus seek bailouts for their ailing banks

June 26, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

Spain and Cyprus — one of the euro currency bloc’s biggest economies and one of its smallest — both sought

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