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Greece still far from a deal with creditors

April 23, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency euro zone, Greece

A Euro Working Group (EWG) teleconference held Monday ended without much progress in ongoing talks between Greece and its creditors.

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EC: Gazprom breaches EU anti-trust rules by CEE gas supply market abuse

April 22, 2015April 24, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Russia’s Gazprom is hindering competition in the gas supply markets in eight European Union countries: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia,

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Schäuble gives Greece ‘deadline’ of end of June for solution

April 22, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency euro zone, Greece

German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble has given a “deadline” to Greece of the end of June. “The program has been extended twice.

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Juncker: There won’t be a Grexit, but Athens is not co-operating

April 22, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency euro zone, Greece

Greek intransigence threatens to push the continent towards financial ruin, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said in an interview, and

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Poland to buy Patriot missiles, Airbus helicopters

April 22, 2015April 22, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland

The Polish government will negotiate the purchase of Raytheon’s Patriot system for its planned missile defence shield with the American

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Global survey: Approval for Russia lowest among world powers; US highest

April 22, 2015April 23, 2015 VOANews Russia

For the eighth consecutive year, Russia has earned the lowest approval ratings among major world powers in a survey of

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Mediterranean tragedies: EU ministers agree on 10-point plan on migration

April 20, 2015April 22, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

European Union foreign and interior ministers agreed on April 20 to a 10-point plan in response to the crisis in

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Polish authorities shocked by words of FBI head

April 20, 2015April 20, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Polish prime minister Ewa Kopacz said FBI Director James Comey’s words were “unacceptable” in Poland, referring to remarks he made

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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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