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Czech president Milos Zeman’s nomination of long-time ally Jiri Rusnok as prime minister-designate has been opposed by the largest parties in the country’s parliament, local media reported. The nomination comes […]
Sofia City Court ended on June 26 proceedings in a case requesting the extradition of Evelin “Brendo” Banev to Romania to stand trial on drug trafficking charges. The court said […]
The disciplinary committee of Europe’s football governing body Uefa has ruled to hand European competition bans to Turkish clubs Fenerbahce and Besiktas, but issued only a suspended sentence for Romanian […]
The EU has decided to postpone talks with Ankara aimed at moving forward on Turkey’s membership in the bloc until later this year. Germany had pushed for the delay, saying […]
More than 2,000 people were evacuated from more than 20 hospitals, and public buildings in several Polish cities on Tuesday after various institutions received a number of emailed bomb threats, […]
Anti-government protests in Bulgaria took on a new shape on the morning of June 26 as protesters gathered outside Parliament to drink coffee, a variation on the routine of the […]
Budapest City Council has claimed three billion forint (about 10 million euro) from the central budget to cover the cost of dealing with the flood that hit various areas this […]
The Romanian opposition is up in arms over what it calls a belated reaction from the Romanian authorities to the tragic road accident in Montenegro which killed 18 Romanians and […]
Astronomers have discovered three new planets orbiting in the habitable zone around the star Gliese 667C. The habitable zone is where temperatures would allow liquid water to exist. Counting the […]
Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on June 25 that it cancelled Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova’s order that announced the winner in the city hall’s tender to pick […]
