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Europe’s largest economy, Germany, slashed its growth forecast and France faces growing calls to cut spending, amid fears Europe may sink back into recession. EU finance ministers are calling for […]
“There’s no precedent for this anywhere in the world,” Jochen Flasbarth said. “Of course there is uncertainty.” The Germ ...
After several rounds of international sanctions against Russia for its annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula in March and support of pro-Russian ...
The head of European soccer’s governing body has strongly condemned the violence that erupted during Tuesday night’s Albania-Serbia qualif ...
Ukraine’s Security Service said on October 15 that it had arrested a police officer accused of being an agent provocateur during the clashes between protesters and police near the Verkhovna […]
At the Asia-Europe summit in Milan on October 16 and 17, Ukrainian President Perto Poroshenko and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are expected to discuss enforcing the September 5 Minsk cease-fire agreement, […]
More than six hours of talks between GERB and the Reformist Bloc ended with no substantial agreement and for now little apparent prospect of the two working together in a […]
European Commission President-designate Jean-Claude Juncker announced on October 15 changes to the portfolios he intends allocating, a result of a reshuffle in the proposed commission following a change in the […]
Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet has approved additional spending of more than 26.5 million leva (about 13.5 million euro) to prevent and overcome the effects of natural disasters including floods and earthquakes. […]
Bulgaria’s caretaker Cabinet has decided to relieve of duty the country’s honorary consul in Ukraine, Ivan Avramov, the government’s media service said on October 15. Avramov is a Ukrainian citizen […]
