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Day: April 19, 2015

Europe 

Economic growth in emerging Europe and Central Asia stalling – World Bank

April 19, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

In the Emerging Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region, lower oil prices and the economic slowdown in Russia are weighing

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Wine lovers will have much to choose from at wine tastings in Sofia in June 2012
Europe 

New EU wine rules allow for increased demand

April 19, 2015 The Prague Post

A new scheme for authorisations of vine plantations has been published by the European Commission, which allows for a yearly

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Europe 

US – Europe trade talks resume on April 20

April 19, 2015 VOANews

U.S. and European negotiators are resuming talks Monday in New York on a controversial trans-Atlantic trade deal. The proposal is

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Europe 

Baltic States urge EU to speed up work on Lithuania-Poland gas link

April 19, 2015April 19, 2015 The Baltic Times energy

The three Baltic States have urged Poland and the EU to speed up work on a gas pipeline to link

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Bulgaria 

Religious services held in Bulgaria to commemorate Armenian Genocide

April 19, 2015April 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Armenia, Turkey

Religious services were held in several churches in Bulgarian capital city Sofia on April 19 in memory of the victims

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Bulgaria 

Ski season at Bulgaria’s Bansko, Pamporovo closes

April 19, 2015April 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The ski season at Bulgaria’s winter mountain resorts of Bansko and Pamporovo closed on April 19, with both reporting an

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Bulgaria 

Skopje votes to twin with Sofia

April 19, 2015April 20, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The city council of Skopje has voted unanimously to “twin” the city with Sofia, in a move welcomed by Bulgarian

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Europe 

Hundreds of migrants feared dead as boat capsizes in Mediterranean

April 19, 2015April 20, 2015 VOANews

As many as 700 migrants trying to reach a better life in Europe are feared dead as their boat capsized

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