Cypriot shipping industry navigating uncharted waters
The banking crisis in Cyprus has been having a knock-on effect on shipping companies operating from the island, the majority
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Year: 2013
EU leaders reach budget deal
European Union leaders have reached a deal on a $1.3 trillion, seven-year budget. All 27 leaders unanimously approved the deal
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Europe opts for gas pipeline running from Azerbaijan to southern Italy
A European consortium aiming to build a natural gas pipeline from Azerbaijan to Western Europe has rejected a costlier, longer
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Film review: Monsters University
Monsters University is having a hard time fitting in. Director Dan Scanlon’s first picture for Pixar Animation Studios simply does
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Film review: The Bling Ring
Three of Sofia Coppola’s five films have been about teenagers. The Virgin Suicides, her début feature, was a poetic period
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Big flail: Bulgaria’s parties in power hit out in bid to defend themselves
Behind a widened cordon sanitaire guarded by lines of police, Bulgaria’s half-empty Parliament – pelted with vegetables by protesters –
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German tourist in coma after falling from balcony in Bulgarian hotel
A 22-year-old German tourist was in coma after falling four storeys from the balcony of his hotel room in Bulgaria’s
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Czech government faces uphill battle to pass needed reforms
President Milos Zeman tapped former Finance Minister and economist Jiri Rusnok June 25 as prime minister of a caretaker government,
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Welcome to Moscow’s transit lounge, Mr. Snowden
Uncle Volodya went to Finland this week and told three fairy tales. – Gays have equal rights in Russia. –
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