Quitters deserve credit in smoking fight, not me: Hungarian PM
Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), presented Prime Minister Viktor Orbán with the World No Tobacco Day
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Europe
Bail-in victims to challenge troika’s policies at the ECJ
Dozens of Cypriot depositors and others who have been affected by the so-called “bail-in” imposed on the island country by
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Polish PM to announce cabinet reshuffle in November
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday that he will announce cabinet line-up changes in November, when he will
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European People’s Party leader Wilfried Martens dies
Wilfried Martens, president of the European People’s Party since 1990 and a former prime minister of Belgium, has died at
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Heated debate in European Parliament on Roma immigration
Members of the European Parliament traded barbs on October 9 on the Roma immigration issue without reaching any conclusion which
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Serbian government announces austerity measures
Serbian finance minister Lazar Krstić has announced six economic measures to address public savings, fiscal stability and to promote growth
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EU pledges 30 million euro to Italy to help with migrants
The European Union has pledged to give Italy an additional 30 million euro to deal with its refugee crisis, in
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IMF: Croatian economy to shrink 0.6% in 2013
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said Croatia’s economy will shrink 0.6 per cent in 2013, but that it could
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Greece, Israel look to closer co-operation on energy issues
Greece and Israel signed a series of agreements, joint declarations and cooperation protocols on a range of issues, from naval
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