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Year: 2013

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Some Bank of Cyprus savers could lose 60 per cent

March 31, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews Cyprus

Officials in Cyprus say customers at the country’s largest bank may lose up to 60 percent of whatever savings they

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Europe News World 

Protestants and Roman Catholics worldwide prepare for Easter on March 31

March 31, 2013May 22, 2013 Zlatica Hoke of VOANews

Many Christians around the world are preparing to celebrate Easter this Sunday.  It is the central holiday of the Christian

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria’s next government to invest in a more meaningful growth recovery – report

March 29, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s economy is expected to grow stronger in the second half of 2013, once the political uncertainty caused by early

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Bulgaria News 

Two gentlemen of Bulgaria, a play in one act

March 29, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sergei Stanishev, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

A day after Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev leader provoked a huge scandal, announcing that he had received anonymous

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian PM Raykov comments on ‘consensus’ about bashing caretaker government

March 29, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Marin Raykov

For the first time, Bulgaria’s political elite has achieved consensus about something – bashing the caretaker cabinet, Prime Minister Marin

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Business Europe News 

Cyprus: will not quit the euro

March 29, 2013May 22, 2013 VOANews

The president of Cyprus says his island nation will not abandon the European single currency. Nicos Anastasiades said Friday at

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Europe News 

Hungary’s PM Orban again sets sights on utilities firms, ‘powerful friends’

March 29, 2013May 27, 2013 Robert Hodgson of The Budapest Times Hungary

The government needs the people to help defeat foreign-owned utilities firms that want to scotch a plan to lower bills,

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Europe News World 

Global credit card fraud network bust, with arrests in Romania

March 29, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

Forty-four members of a global credit card fraud network have been arrested in a joint operation co-ordinated by the Romanian

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Business Europe News World 

Global economy improving but Europe lags behind, OECD says

March 29, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Global economic activity is picking up, but the continuing crisis in the euro area is delaying a meaningful recovery, the

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