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Year: 2013

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ICTY jails two former high-ranking Bosnian Serbs for war crimes

March 28, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, in a judgment on March 27, sentenced two former high-level Bosnian Serb

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Europe News 

Cyprus rushing to finish controls ahead of reopening of banks

March 27, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews Cyprus

Cyprus is finalizing restrictions aimed at preventing depositors from making massive cash withdrawals when banks reopen on March 28 2013

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Economic sentiment worsens in EU, euro zone in March 2013

March 27, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

In March 2013, the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) decreased in both the euro area and the EU, putting on hold

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s political parties pursue votes with ‘changing of the guard’ strategies

March 27, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev has captured headlines in the local media by imposing a “changing of the guard”

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Bulgaria News 

Hristo Bozov elected caretaker mayor of Bulgaria’s Varna

March 27, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

The municipal council of Varna, Bulgaria’s third-largest city, elected Hristo Bozov on March 27 as caretaker mayor until a by-election

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Bulgaria News 

Registration of parties for Bulgaria’s 2013 elections ends on March 27

March 27, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

Bulgaria’s political parties have until 6pm on March 27 to submit applications to be registered for the country’s ahead-of-term national

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Europe News 

Banks in Cyprus remain closed after bailout

March 27, 2013May 27, 2013 Selah Hennessy VOANews Cyprus

Depositors with more than $130,000 in Cypriot banks could see about 40 percent of their deposits turned into bank shares,

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Business Europe News 

US Steel to stay in Slovakia’s Košice

March 27, 2013May 27, 2013 Beata Balogova of The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

US Steel Corporation will not sell its U.S. Steel Košice (USSK) subsidiary in eastern Slovakia. Representatives of the Slovak government

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Europe News 

Tens of thousands protest in anti-government strike in Poland

March 27, 2013May 27, 2013 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Thousands of workers staged a strike in southern Poland’s industrial Silesia region on March 26 2013 in a protest against

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