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Day: March 19, 2013

Europe News 

Cyprus rejects bailout deal, bank tax

March 19, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews Cyprus

The Cypriot parliament has overwhelmingly rejected a bailout plan demanded by international lenders that would have taxed the savings accounts

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Europe News Perspectives 

Hungary: The devil in the details

March 19, 2013May 27, 2013 Robert Hodgson of The Budapest Times Hungary

There has been a barrage of English-language communications from the government since this case put Hungary back on the news

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A golf ball teeters near the hole as apparently humankind does with the end of the world supposedly approaching
Perspectives Sport 

Of golf, and money for jam

March 19, 2013March 19, 2013 Alan Rogut

With the huge amount of money up for grabs by top golf professionals these days – case in point the

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Europe News 

Cypriot leader predicting defeat for deposit-tax bailout deal

March 19, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews Cyprus

The Cypriot president is predicting the island nation’s parliament will reject a bailout plan demanded by international lenders that calls

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Europe News 

Western Balkans named in Europol report on organised crime

March 19, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Routes through Western Balkan countries remain important for the movement of many illicit commodities into the EU, according to a

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Bulgaria Europe News 

3600 organised crime groups active in the EU, Europol report says

March 19, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

European Union police agency Europol has identified an estimated 3600 organised crime groups currently active in the EU – and

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Bulgaria News 

Registration opens in Bulgaria for political parties for May 2013 election

March 19, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission began on March 19 2013 the process of accepting documents for the registration of parties and

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Bulgaria Business News 

EVN asks Bulgarian regulator for electricity price formula review

March 19, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Austrian utility EVN, whose Bulgarian subsidiary provides electricity distribution services to the south and southeast of the country, said on

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Road deaths in Bulgaria down as EU achieves record decrease

March 19, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Road fatalities across the European Union decreased by nine per cent in 2012, with Bulgaria reporting an eight per cent

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