EU expresses concern about Russia treason law
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has expressed concern about Russia’s new legislation which broadens the definition of treason.
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Year: 2012
In Ukraine, more people quit smoking as tougher measures adopted
More Ukrainians are giving up the highly damaging smoking habit as legislation toughens bans on advertising, smoking in public places
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Polish PM refuses to accept sports minister’s resignation
Prime Minister Donald Tusk Wednesday said he has not accepted Sports Minister Joanna Mucha’s resignation over a fiasco that saw
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Czech Republic: Who’s to blame for methanol poisoning?
The wave of deaths from methanol poisoning could have been avoided if successive Czech governments had not willfully ignored the
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Ukraine blames ‘foreign’ security forces in Russian activist’s disappearance
Ukrainian officials say foreign security agencies are responsible for the disappearance of a Russian opposition activist, who said he was
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Reporters Without Borders slams action by four Bulgarian banks against website
Reporters Without Borders said on October 24 2012 that it strongly condemns the proceedings that four banks have initiated through
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PM fires police spokesperson for calling man who photographed sleeping police a ‘fool’
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov ordered the Interior Ministry to fire Varna police spokesperson Kalinka Pencheva after she publicly called
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A look at Halloween films
Halloween has given rise to another tradition – that of releasing a new scary film every year around this time,
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Bulgarian Parliament passes deposit interest tax
Bulgarian MPs approved at first reading on October 25 amendments to the country’s tax laws that will make interest on
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