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Macedonia’s foreign debt in H1 2014 was 5.7 billion euro

October 2, 2014October 2, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Macedonian National Bank said on October 2 that foreign debt in the first six months of 2014 was 5.7 billion euro or 71.66

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October 26 parliamentary election puts Ukraine’s democracy to another test

October 2, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s democracy is undergoing another stress test. After successfully holding a presidential election on May 25 even as Russia occupied

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Karadzic seeks acquittal on genocide at Hague tribunal

October 2, 2014 VOANews Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia

A lawyer representing former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic told the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia his client

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Russia cuts gas supplies to Romania while investigation hits Lukoil subsidiary

October 2, 2014October 2, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania, Russia

Romanian officials scrambled to assure Romanians there will not be any sort of problems concerning gas supplies over the winter

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Archaeology: The Caryatids were close to four metres high

October 1, 2014October 1, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency archaeology, Greece

The KH’ Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities is continuing its archaeological research in the tomb complex in the hill

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Deadly attacks In Donetsk test Ukraine peace deal

October 1, 2014 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

After a series of attacks by pro-Moscow militia, Ukraine’s prime minister has accused Russia of failing to honor the cease-fire

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Ukraine’s Euromaidan movement wins Walesa freedom prize

October 1, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia, Ukraine

Representatives of the Euromaidan protest movement that helped throw out Ukraine’s pro-Moscow government of Viktor Yanukovych were presented Monday an

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Unemployment in Bulgaria in August 2014 was 11.3%, EU 10.1%

September 30, 2014October 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in the European Union was 10.1 per cent in August 2014, with Bulgaria recording 11.3 per cent, according to

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EC approves 165M euro support deal for fruit and vegetable markets after Russian ban

September 30, 2014September 30, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, Russia

The European Commission has adopted a new programme, worth up to 165 million euro, for emergency market measures for perishable

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