Corruption costs Europe 120bn euro a year – EC report
Bulgaria’s failings in dealing with corruption are well-known, thanks to the ongoing monitoring by EU, but the issue remains a
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Injuries after new 5.7 Richter scale earthquake shakes Greece’s Cephalonia
A new earthquake of 5.7 on the Richter scale, according to the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens,
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Athens wary of third rescue package
Greece is to be granted a third rescue loan by its international lenders, according to German weekly Der Spiegel which
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Slovakian presidential election candidate drops out
Three recent polls were enough to convince one presidential candidate to drop out of the race, but have not clarified
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Ukraine’s Yanukovych says he is returning to work
Ukraine’s beleaguered President Viktor Yanukovych says he will be back to work Monday, even as new protests against him filled
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Parts of Central and Eastern Europe hard-hit by heavy snowfalls, icy weather
Code Red weather warnings have been issued for the Banat region of north-eastern Serbia and large parts of southern Austria
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Macedonia to hold presidential elections on April 13 2014
Presidential elections in Macedonia will be held on April 13 2014. The decision was signed on February 1 by the
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EU unemployment 10.7% in December 2013, in Bulgaria 13.1% – Eurostat
Unemployment in the 28-member European Union was 10.7 per cent in December 2013, EU statistics office Eurostat said, reporting unemployment
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Neo–nazi attacks shock Slovakia
Shocking video images of youths with shaved heads brutally beating a man in front of a bar in Nitra have
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