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Europe 

Merkel’s election triumph keeps up pressure on Greece

September 24, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greece is on track to achieve a primary budget surplus this year, data released Monday shows. The country’s General Accounting

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Europe 

Golden Dawn’s paramilitary activity unfolds a series of terror and hate

September 24, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

It was all in the Internet and especially in YouTube and the Greek government preferred silence over repressive action. It

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Europe 

Greek police officials resign after allegedly turning a blind eye to Golden Dawn

September 24, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek Minister of Public Order, Nicos Dendias, accepted on Monday the resignations of two police generals, while a judicial investigation

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian autumn and the ‘new’ political forces

September 23, 2013September 23, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov

Autumn came to Bulgaria on the night of September 22 2013, at the close of a weekend that had seen

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Europe 

Romanian president Basescu challenges new law on referendum

September 21, 2013September 22, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romanian President Traian Basescu today lodged a complaint with the Constitutional Court, the country’s highest court, over the amendments brought

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s anti-government protests reach 100th day and to go ‘global’ on Independence Day

September 20, 2013September 20, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Peevski protests

Daily anti-government protests in Bulgaria will reach their 100th day on September 21 and will be “global” on September 22,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria and Serbia prepare friendship treaty, boost to economic ties

September 19, 2013February 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

A friendship and good neighbourliness treaty between Bulgaria and Serbia is being prepared, head of state President Rossen Plevneliev said

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Europe 

Greek anti-fascist activist murdered, allegedly by ‘neo-Nazi’ Golden Dawn supporter

September 19, 2013September 19, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek police arrested a supporter of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party for allegedly murdering 34 – year – old left-wing

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Europe 

Romanian court rejects local councils’ decision to ban shale gas prospecting

September 18, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania

A decision by several local councils in the Vaslui County to ban exploration and exploitation of shale gas within their

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