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Year: 2013

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PayPal chief in CEE enjoys being a mobile manager

March 18, 2013March 18, 2013 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post

With the number of transactions it processed globally having jumped 22 percent last year, and with its revenues increasing 26

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s protests descend into bathos

March 18, 2013March 18, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

They are the force that brought down a government and precipitated early elections; the force that captivated the international media

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Bulgaria News Perspectives 

Bulgaria’s May 2013 elections: Predictable unpredictability

March 17, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2013

Going by recent polls, it is an open question whether the results of Bulgaria’s May 12 2013 national parliamentary elections

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Flood risk warnings for Danube, parts of Balkans, after central Europe harsh weather

March 16, 2013March 16, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The level of the Danube river at Bulgaria’s city of Vidin is expected to exceed the flood risk boundary on

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Business Europe News 

Cyprus secures bailout from euro zone, IMF

March 16, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews Cyprus, euro zone, IMF

Eurozone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund have struck a deal to give cash-strapped Cyprus a bailout worth $13

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Europe News World 

UN human rights office voices concern over changes to Hungarian constitution

March 16, 2013March 16, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The United Nations has expressed concern over Hungary’s adoption of an amendment to the constitution that threatens the independence of

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Despite setbacks, EU leaders upbeat on economic turnaround

March 16, 2013May 27, 2013 Lisa Bryant of VOANews euro zone

Despite rising protests against austerity, European leaders agreed in Brussels that tough measures to turn around the region’s economy are

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Weekend forecast: Bulgaria set to avoid more bad weather

March 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The cold spell gripping Bulgaria will continue over the weekend, but the weather front ravaging Central Europe is set to

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Europe eases austerity controls in face of high unemployment

March 15, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews euro zone

European governments have eased austerity controls over national budgets in an effort to combat the continent’s burgeoning unemployment and stagnant

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