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Bulgarian pupils close to bottom among European countries in international assessment of mathematics skills

December 3, 2013December 3, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria came in at 47th place out of 65 countries whose 15-year-old pupils took part in an international assessment of

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Europe 

Kosovo can count on Bulgaria’s support to join UN

December 3, 2013December 3, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo

Kosovo can count on the support of Bulgaria when it applies to join the United Nations, Kosovo’s foreign minister Enver

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Greek New Democracy party leader Antonis Samaras
Europe 

Greece determined to defy troika on home foreclosures ban

December 3, 2013December 3, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The Greek government appeared willing to settle the issue of the lifting of a ban on home foreclosures through discussion

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Europe 

Greeks return to Istanbul

December 3, 2013December 3, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

For the first time in the last 50 years the Greek population of Istanbul is rising as they are no

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Europe 

Chevron resumes shale gas exploration in Eastern Romania amid protests

December 2, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania

US company Chevron announced on December 2 2013 that it had resumed exploration works in the Vaslui County, in Eastern

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Europe 

Greece: Moody’s upgrade a real ‘vote of confidence’?

December 2, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Rating agency Moody’s announced on November 29 2013 that it was upgrading Greece’s credit rating from C to Caa3 because

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Europe 

German court’s crucial verdict amid debate on Eastern European immigrants’ social rights

November 30, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

A court in the German land of Nord-Westphalia decided on November 28 that all Romanian citizens are entitled to social

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Europe 

Anti-immigrant protests in Serbia

November 30, 2013November 30, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

Residents of Vračević village, 65km south from Belgrade, blocked the road to a nearby Bogovađa village in protest against undocumented

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Business 

Greek banks well on track to recovery

November 29, 2013November 29, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Financial results of Greece’s largest banks are showing an improvement in their fundamentals and performance over the last year as

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