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Day: April 23, 2013

Europe News 

MEPs hand Ashton’s European External Action Service a ‘must do better’ report card

April 23, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament

The European External Action Service (EEAS) – designed as the foreign policy arm of the EU, with Catherine Ashton as

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian prosecutors indict four in eavesdropping investigation

April 23, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Four current and former employees of the operative and technical information specialised directorate of the Interior Ministry have been formally

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Deal on new EU mortgage rules, with stricter creditworthiness checks

April 23, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

New European Union rules intended to benefit mortgage holders and consumers across Europe – and to avoid irresponsible lending and

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Bulgaria News 

Prosecutors question Bulgaria’s former interior minister Tsvetanov for five hours

April 23, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Sofia city prosecutors questioned Bulgaria’s former interior minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov for close to five hours on April 23 in connection

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian border police detain Syrian family, latest of more than 80 illegal immigrants this year

April 23, 2013April 23, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian border police have detained a Syrian family, of two adults and two young boys, near the Bulgarian – Turkish

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Europe Leisure News 

Malév closure behind shorter, cheaper visits by tourists to Hungary

April 23, 2013May 27, 2013 The Budapest Times Hungary

Foreign tourists are tending to stay for shorter periods in Hungary and to spend less, the Central Statistical Office (KSH)

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Europe Leisure News 

LOT Dreamliners to return to operation in June

April 23, 2013May 27, 2013 The Warsaw Voice Poland

The berthed Boeing 787 Dreamliners can start servicing Polish national airline PLL LOT passengers in June, LOT CEO Sebastian Mikosz

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Europe News 

‘Skopje 2014’ project cost exceeds 207 million euro

April 23, 2013May 27, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The “Skopje 2014” project of memorials in the Skopje square has reached a financial cost of 207 million euro since

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News World 

Boston bombing suspect formally charged

April 23, 2013 VOANews

U.S. authorities have charged the Boston Marathon bombing suspect with using a weapon of mass destruction, meaning if he is

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