Romanian football club owners, agents handed heavy sentences
Eight prominent Romanian football club owners and football agents were handed heavy sentences by an appeals court in Bucharest on
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Year: 2012
Strikes across Europe against unemployment, austerity measures
Thousands of workers are holding coordinated strikes in countries across Europe to protest their governments’ deep spending cuts and tax
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No resignations in Sofia public transport row
Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova has issued final warnings to two of her deputies, but decided against demanding their resignations following
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Bulgaria launches website to help foreigners deal with real estate issues
Bulgaria’s Registry Agency launched on November 14 2012 a new website to give foreign citizens and companies information on procedures
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Bulgarians to get six-day holiday at beginning of May 2013
Bulgaria’s Cabinet was expected to declare, at its meeting on November 14 2012, a continuous six-day holiday from May 1
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Secessionist rhetoric on the rise in Bosnia and Herzegovina, UN Security Council told
Political leaders in Bosnia and Herzegovina are failing to produce what they should be 17 years after the signing of
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France recognises new Syrian opposition coalition
France has become the first European country to recognize the newly formed Syrian opposition coalition and says it could consider
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Greece sells bonds to avoid default on November 16
Cash-strapped Greece has raised the money it needs to help it avoid a default later this week, but says it
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Bulgarian PM coy on South Stream, gas deal talks ongoing
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov did not confirm, on November 13, reports in Bulgarian language media that he would attend
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