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EU unemployment 10.3% in May, 11.9% in Bulgaria – Eurostat

July 1, 2014July 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

Unemployment in Bulgaria was 11.9 per cent in May 2014, flat compared to the previous month, according to seasonally-adjusted figures

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Ukraine mounts new attacks on rebels

July 1, 2014July 1, 2014 VOANews Ukraine

Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchnyov says Ukrainian forces have launched new military operations against pro-Russian separatists, hours after the expiration

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Romanian PM hints at running for presidency

July 1, 2014July 1, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romanian social-democrat prime minister Victor Ponta has said he is ready to make a run at the presidency if he

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EU pressing new Russia sanctions as Ukraine cease-fire nears end

June 30, 2014June 30, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany plan to speak again Monday as deadlines are set to expire on

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Roaming prices drop across EU

June 30, 2014 The Prague Post

New roaming charges within the EU will come into effect July 1. The rules apply to the EU 28 plus

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Deputy treasury minister denies allegations in Poland’s ongoing tape scandal

June 30, 2014June 30, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Poland is working on the creation of state coal repository based on the assets of state coal exporter Weglokoks and

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EU faces challenges as threat of Russian sanctions looms

June 29, 2014 Mary Motta of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Washington warned Russia Friday that it could impose new sanctions if Moscow does not do more to defuse the conflict

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Former empire celebrates anarchist of the century

June 29, 2014June 29, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic

Perhaps no 19-year-old in the history of the world has had as much influence on the subsequent 100 years of

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Europe 

Poroshenko signs Ukraine-EU free trade agreement

June 27, 2014June 27, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko says his country has paid “the highest possible price” to achieve the goal of a free

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