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Year: 2012

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Bulgarian President Plevneliev takes strong line against Macedonian anti-Bulgarian rhetoric

October 31, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has underlined Sofia’s strong rejection of Macedonian anti-Bulgarian rhetoric and manipulations of history, speaking out on

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Youth unemployment in Bulgaria worsens to close to 30 per cent in September 2012 – Eurostat

October 31, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Youth unemployment in Bulgaria was 29.7 per cent in September 2012, up from 23.8 per cent a year earlier, according

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Bulgarian Foreign Minister tours towns for consultations on Balkan neighbourhood policy

October 31, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov was due in Kyustendil on October 31 2012 on his latest stop on a tour to

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Europe News 

US, EU push for better relations between Serbia and Kosovo

October 31, 2012October 31, 2012 Scott Stearns of VOANews

The United States and European Union are promoting closer cooperation between Serbia and Kosovo as an opportunity for both countries

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Sport 

WTA Tournament of Champions in Sofia: Day 1

October 31, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Top seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and Roberta Vinci of Italy made short work of their opponents on the first

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Europe News 

Poland denies report of Smolensk aircraft explosives findings, but political fire strong

October 31, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

Polish authorities moved quickly to play down reports of TNT and nitroglycerin in the wreckage of the presidential aircraft that

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Europe News 

Greek PM Samaras says debt deal reached with lenders

October 31, 2012October 31, 2012 VOANews

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras says he has reached agreement with the country’s international lenders on a new austerity plan,

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Europe News 

Vote energises Ukraine’s opposition

October 31, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

In his Soviet youth, Viktor Yanukovych was a street fighter. Now, he is 62 years old and Ukraine’s president. Vitaly

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Europe News 

Clinton, Ashton: Bosnia must implement reforms to Join Nato, EU

October 31, 2012October 31, 2012 Scott Stearns of VOANews

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton have told Bosnian leaders they must

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