New real estate tax act in Slovenia raises questions
The new year brought a new real estate tax act in Slovenia, meant to boost budget revenue by about 400
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Europe
Putin: ‘No justification’ for Volgograd bombings
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin visited Volgograd on Wednesday after the city was the struck by two suicide bombings Sunday and
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Russia’s Putin vows to fight terrorists until destroyed
Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to fight terrorists until their “total destruction,” following the two suicide bombings in the
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Tough talk in Romanian politics precedes year of electoral all-out war
The closing year stood out as a period of increased political confrontations between the two rival camps of president Traian
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Death toll rises in Russia blasts
Russian officials announced that three more people have died as a result of the two suicide bombings which struck the
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Switzerland extends labor restrictions for Romanians and Bulgarians
Romanian and Bulgarian workers will still have to cope with restrictions on the Swiss labor market from 1 January 2014
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Erdogan accuses judges, district attorneys of ‘conspiracy’
After the “international centers of power” and the “interest rate lobby conspiracy”, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has now decided to accuse
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Turkish prosecutor dismissed, charged with official interference
A Turkish prosecutor leading a high-level bribery and corruption investigation says he has been removed from the case and that
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Two arrests reported in beating of Ukrainian journalist Chornovol
A group of men viciously attacked and beat prominent Ukrainian journalist and civic activist Tetyana Chornovol outside Kyiv about 1:30
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