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Year: 2012

Europe News 

Treasury minister calls for dismissal of CEO of Poland’s troubled flagship airline LOT

December 14, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

Poland’s Treasury Ministry expects ailing state airline PLL LOT’s supervisory board to make the CEO accountable for the current situation,

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Bulgaria Business News 

S&P confirms Bulgaria’s credit rating at BBB

December 14, 2012December 14, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Credit ratings agency Standard&Poor’s said on December 13 that it affirmed Bulgaria’s and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit

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Britain’s credit outlook deemed ‘negative’

December 14, 2012 VOANews

A major financial services company has trimmed its outlook on Britain’s top-rated credit standing, cutting it from stable to negative.

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Europe News 

Struggling to curb a booming HIV epidemic

December 14, 2012December 13, 2012 Harriet Salem for The Prague Post

“Zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination. Zero AIDS-related deaths.” This is the long-term vision of UNAIDS, organizers of World Aids

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Parliament’s health committee rejects reversal of smoking ban

December 13, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Parliament’s health committee, in an 11 to zero vote on December 13 2012, rejected amendments proposing an easing

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Bulgaria News 

Changes to procedure for British expatriates in Bulgaria applying for passports

December 13, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The British government is making important changes to the passport service for British nationals living overseas. As of December 3

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Bulgaria News 

Protesters walk backwards to oppose backtrack on Bulgaria’s smoking ban: Photo Gallery

December 13, 2012December 13, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A group of about 150 protesters walked backwards outside a parliamentary building in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on December 13

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Purchasing power in Bulgaria lowest in the EU – Eurostat

December 13, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Purchasing power in Bulgaria, measured according to Actual Individual Consumption per capita, was the lowest in the European Union from

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Europe News 

Fear and loathing in Ukraine’s new parliament

December 13, 2012December 13, 2012 Katya Gorchinskaya of The Kyiv Post

Naked women and broken fences. Several brawls and plenty of insults. Watching the first day of the new parliament is

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