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Day: December 22, 2014

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Europe 

Major network trafficking heroin into EU bust

December 22, 2014December 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

An extensive network of heroin traffickers, bringing large quantities of the drug into the European Union, has been dismantled following

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Europe 

Four Galileo satellites being readied for launch

December 22, 2014 The Prague Post final frontier

Engineers at the European Space Agency opened an early Christmas present — a new satellite for the Galileo navigation program.

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Bulgaria 

Changes to Bulgarian pension system appear set for rethink

December 22, 2014December 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Controversial changes to Bulgaria’s pension system, although approved by Parliament, appear set for a rethink against a background of severe

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Bulgaria 

Barekov resigns as leader of ‘Bulgaria Without Censorship’ coalition

December 22, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Nikolai Barekov, the former talk show host around whom the populist Bulgaria Without Censorship (BWC) party was formed and who

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Bulgaria 

Seven EU ambassadors sign joint letter calling for judicial reform

December 22, 2014December 23, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency judiciary

Seven ambassadors of European Union countries to Bulgaria have signed a joint letter calling for reforms in the judiciary and

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Europe 

Greek PM Samaras offers early general elections

December 22, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

In a televised address to the Greek people on December 21, prime minister Antonis Samaras revealed his proposal towards avoiding

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