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Month: January 2013

Business Europe News 

Prague in regional deals: Analysts say recent gas mega-deal part of trend in Central and Eastern Europe

January 25, 2013May 22, 2013 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post energy

The recently announced multibillion-dollar purchase of a Slovak gas group by the Czech investment fund Energetický a průmyslový holding (EPH)

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Europe News 

Turkey aids Iran through gold trade

January 25, 2013January 25, 2013 Dorian Jones of VOANews

Banks in Turkey continue to send gold to Iran despite U.S. pressure to curb a booming gold-for-gas trade, which helps

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News World 

Betelgeuse hurtles toward massive collision

January 25, 2013January 24, 2013 VOANews

A new photo of the star Betelgeuse reveals dramatic events unfolding a mere 643 light years away from Earth. The

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Europe News World 

UN Security Council extends UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus until July 2013

January 25, 2013January 25, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The United Nations Security Council extended on January 24 2013 the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until July

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Bulgaria News World 

Iraq has need of Bulgaria’s experience, FM Mladenov told in Erbil

January 24, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Mladenov

If other citizens of Iraq had the same social benefits – stability, regular electricity supply, development – as those in

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria’s BTV and TV7 vs Bulsatcom dispute ends as agreement signed

January 24, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The commercial dispute that kept two of Bulgaria’s commercial television stations bTV and TV7 off Bulsatcom screens has ended with

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Bulgaria News 

Two Bulgarian national security service officers fired, six disciplined over Dogan incident

January 24, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria is firing two National Security Service officers and disciplining six others because of shortcomings in security arrangements and responses

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Business News World 

IMF predicts modest global economic growth in 2013

January 24, 2013 VOANews

The International Monetary Fund says global economic growth will strengthen gradually this year. Wednesday’s report from the IMF says global

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Europe News 

Poland should not rush to set date for euro adoption – President

January 24, 2013May 22, 2013 The Warsaw Voice

Poland should decide whether to join the euro zone after the parliamentary and presidential elections in 2015, President Bronislaw Komorowski

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