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Month: April 2013

Europe News 

Cyprus president warns of ‘difficult days ahead’

April 3, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews Cyprus

The Cypriot president is warning of “difficult days ahead” for his debt-ridden island nation, as it embarks on an austerity

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Bulgaria News 

Attacker of Bulgaria’s Dogan charged with attempted murder

April 3, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Oktai Enimehmedov, the 25-year-old man who pointed a gas pistol at the head of Ahmed Dogan at the Movement and

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgarian prosecutors file indictments after energy sector inquiry

April 3, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian prosecutors have started five separate criminal proceedings stemming from a month-long inquiry into the country’s utilities regulator and state-owned

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Bulgarian Cabinet approves 40.9M leva in one-off benefits

April 3, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker Government approved on April 3 a package of unemployment measures and one-off payments for socially-vulnerable groups, worth 40.9

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Russia’s Winter Olympics to break spending records

April 3, 2013February 6, 2014 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, Sochi Olympics

It is the largest construction site in Europe: 100,000 men and 500 companies are working around the clock. They are

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Business Europe News 

Poland paves way for LOT Polish airlines privatisation

April 3, 2013May 27, 2013 The Warsaw Voice Poland

The Polish government adopted a bill repealing the law on the national airline PLL LOT, thus taking the first step

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Business Europe News 

S&P sees tough 2013 for CEE banks

April 3, 2013May 22, 2013 Benedicte Williams of The Budapest Times

Central and Eastern European banks face a difficult year, with those in Hungary, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Croatia among the weakest,

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EU unemployment remains flat at 12% in February

April 2, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, macroeconomic indicators

The 27-member European Union ended February 2013 with 12 per cent unemployment, seasonally adjusted, according to EU statistics office Eurostat.

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Europe News 

Cypriot finance minister quits, money controls eased

April 2, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews Cyprus

Cypriot Finance Minister Michalis Sarris has resigned as a judicial panel prepares to investigate the role that he and others

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