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Romanian PM Ponta concedes presidential election – updated

November 16, 2014November 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta conceded defeat in the presidential run-off to his rival, Sibiu mayor Klaus Iohannis, late on November

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Putin under pressure at G20

November 16, 2014November 16, 2014 VOANews Russia

The G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia, has ended, capping a week of summits that saw several awkward encounters between U.S.

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Ukraine: Yatsenyuk names his government candidates

November 16, 2014November 16, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has named his candidates for the new government. The list of the candidates was published

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Ukraine’s financial outlook is gloomy

November 16, 2014November 16, 2014 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Ukraine

Ukraine is engulfed in a financial crisis. Without further Western aid, the Kyiv government will run out of money to

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Europe 

EU annual inflation 0.5% in October 2014 – Eurostat

November 14, 2014November 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, macroeconomic indicators

European Union annual inflation was 0.5 per cent in October 2014, up from 0.4 per cent in September, EU statistics

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Tomb with bones discovered in Amphipolis

November 13, 2014November 13, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency archaeology, Greece

Archeologists are closer to solving the mystery of Amphipolis, after the discovery of a tomb with bones in the third

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Europe 

Hitch in Philae’s comet landing

November 12, 2014 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post final frontier

The Philae landing vehicle landed on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko at 5:03 p.m. CET. The news was first sent

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NATO commander ‘concerned’ by flow of weapons into eastern Ukraine

November 12, 2014 VOANews Nato, Russia, Ukraine

NATO’s military commander expressed concern Tuesday over an increasing flow of weaponry and military supplies to Russia-backed separatists in eastern

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Poland’s Independence Day celebrations turn violent

November 12, 2014November 12, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Poland’s Independence Day celebrations in Warsaw on Tuesday were disrupted by violent riots for the fourth year in a row

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