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EU must help fund Balkan flood relief effort, European Parliament President Schulz says

July 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Varna floods

The collective solidarity that inspired cross-border rescue and relief efforts in the aftermath of the May 2014 floods in Bosnia-Herzegovina,

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Greek government to sell 1500 properties belonging to tax evaders

July 14, 2014July 14, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek tax authorities are preparing to sell, through an online auction, 1500 villas in tourist resorts in the country, such as

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Romania expects to be energy independent despite Ukraine crisis

July 14, 2014 VOANews energy, Romania, Russia, Ukraine

Romania is expected to achieve energy independence by the end of the decade, due to shale gas and alternative energy

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Romanian prosecutors start hearings in EADS corruption case

July 14, 2014July 14, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romanian anti-corruption prosecutors started hearing at least 40 current and former high ranking dignitaries in a case which concerns a

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Russia says Ukrainian shell crosses border, kills one

July 13, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Russian media say a shell fired in Ukraine has struck a Russian border town, killing one person and wounding another.

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Poroshenko will not attend World Cup final as fighting rages in Ukraine’s east

July 13, 2014July 13, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko will not attend the World Cup final match in Rio de Janeiro on July 13, a

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Polish government survives second confidence vote

July 13, 2014July 13, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Poland’s lower house of the parliament Friday turned down motion for a no-confidence vote for the Donald Tusk government, submitted

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Europe considers fracking to cut Russian gas imports

July 13, 2014July 13, 2014 VOANews energy, Russia, Ukraine

The political crisis in Ukraine, including its dispute with Moscow over the flow of Russian natural gas, has forced many

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Polish hospital head fired after refusing to conduct abortion

July 11, 2014July 11, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Warsaw’s mayor has fired the director of Holy Family municipal hospital in Warsaw, professor Bogdan Chazan who had refused to

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