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Year: 2013

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Turkish PM Erdogan’s Zionism comments ‘particularly offensive’, US says

March 1, 2013March 1, 2013 VOANews

The United States is expressing its disapproval with the comments of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who this week

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New EU regulations on bus and coach passenger rights come into effect on March 1

March 1, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

A new European Union regulation on bus and coach passenger rights came into effect on March 1 2013, providing bus

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Bulgaria News 

Criticisms, skepticism ahead of first meeting of Plevneliev’s ‘public council’

March 1, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Even before its first meeting on March 1 2013, the “public council” called together by Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev with

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Unemployment in Bulgaria 12.4% in January 2013, as youth unemployment hits 28.3%

March 1, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment among youth, meaning under-25s, hit 28.3 per cent in Bulgaria in January 2013, higher than the European Union average

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Europe News 

Poland ratifies EU fiscal pact

March 1, 2013May 27, 2013 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Poland’s President Bronislaw Komorowski  signed on February 28 2013 the ratification document of the EU fiscal pact which increases public

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Business Europe News 

Kremlin’s policies shackled by oil and gas giant Gazprom

March 1, 2013May 27, 2013 Nick Ottens for The Prague Post energy, Russia, Ukraine

As Russia’s largest oil and gas company is once again embroiled in an energy dispute with Ukraine, the country’s dependence

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Film review: Silver Linings Playbook

March 1, 2013March 1, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Some people have called Silver Linings Playbook a version of Garden State set in suburban Philadelphia, but it is a

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Leisure 

Film review: Hyde Park on Hudson

March 1, 2013March 1, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Oh, how wonderful it must have been. In 1939, while the Depression is still in full swing across the 48

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court overcomes logjam

February 28, 2013May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol judiciary

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court was back in session after Grozdan Iliev took his oath of office on February 28, ending an

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