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Year: 2013

Europe 

Poland eyes lower gas prices from Russia’s Gazprom – economy minister

October 8, 2013 The Warsaw Voice energy, Poland

The Polish government hopes it will be possible to renegotiate gas prices with Russian Gazprom as the gas market is

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World 

Global food prices expected to remain volatile in coming years – FAO

October 7, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Although global food prices have recently stabilised, they are expected to remain volatile over the next few years, the head

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Europe 

Greece predicts 2014 end to recession

October 7, 2013 VOANews Greece

Greece is predicting its six-year recession will end next year with a small economic advance. Athens said Monday it expects

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Europe 

Twin evils make living hard for Cypriots

October 7, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus

The significance of the crisis that has engulfed Cyprus has been revealed in two new statistical surveys. In the first

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Europe 

Romanian deputy PM indicted for electoral fraud in 2012 referendum

October 7, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romanian deputy prime minister Liviu Dragnea, suggestively nicknamed a “local baron” by the Romanian media and one of the most

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Europe 

Kosovo PM Thaçi: I encourage Serbs to vote

October 7, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo, Serbia

The prime minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, has not clarified if officials from the Serb government will be allowed to

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Business 

Google, Facebook carve out ‘Internet Empires’

October 7, 2013October 7, 2013 VOANews

The Internet is dominated by the two “empires” of Google and Facebook, according to researchers at Oxford University in England.

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Bulgaria 

Peeved Peevski tells Constitutional Court: ‘I have been demonised’

October 7, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Delyan Peevski, the controversial figure whose abortive appointment as head of the State Agency for National Security lent massive impetus

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria has caught 6400 illegal migrants this year – Interior Ministry

October 7, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 6400 people have been caught attempting to enter Bulgaria illegally since the start of 2013, according to

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