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Month: January 2013

Business Europe News 

Wizz Air seeks troubled AeroSvit’s routes

January 24, 2013 Svitlana Tuchynska of The Kyiv Post

AeroSvit, which is undergoing bankruptcy proceedings and has abandoned many of its routes, may never get them back. Wizz Air,

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Business Europe News 

Swissport under ‘hostile corporate raider attack’ in Ukraine

January 24, 2013 Mark Rachkevych of The Kyiv Post

Global airport cargo handler Swissport International Limited is accusing its local Ukrainian business partner, Ukraine International Airlines and its owner

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Europe News 

Slovenian government on verge of collapse

January 24, 2013 VOANews

Slovenia’s conservative government is on the verge of collapse after a junior partner quit the coalition Wednesday. The Civic List

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Europe News 

‘No alternative to dialogue’ between Belgrade and Priština, Serbia’s deputy PM tells European Parliament committee

January 24, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

There is no alternative to dialogue and pragmatic co-operation between Serbia and Kosovo, Suzana Grubjesic, Serbia’s deputy Prime Minister for

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Bulgaria News World 

Bulgaria reopens embassy in Baghdad during Foreign Minister’s visit to Iraq

January 23, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Mladenov

The Bulgarian embassy in Baghdad has reopened, after a hiatus of close to 10 years, during a visit to Iraq

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Bulgaria News 

Opinion poll projects low turnout for Bulgaria’s nuclear referendum

January 23, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Between 27 per cent and 37 per cent of Bulgarians intended to vote in Bulgaria’s referendum on January 27 2013

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Cabinet appoints new asset forfeiture commission chief

January 23, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has removed Plamen Dimitrov as Deputy Justice Minister and appointed him as the new chairperson of

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Cabinet approves 30M leva for kindergartens

January 23, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on January 23 allocating 30 million leva to seven municipalities for major repairs and the construction of

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Europe News 

British PM vows referendum on EU

January 23, 2013May 22, 2013 VOANews

British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that if his party wins the next election, he plans to renegotiate the

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