Environmental activists walk out from Warsaw climate conference
Hundreds of members of environmental NGOs, including Greenpeace and WWF, walked out of UN climate change meeting in Warsaw on
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18 dead after roof collapse at Latvian supermarket
Emergency officials in Latvia say the roof of a supermarket has collapsed, killing at least 18 people, including three firefighters,
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Slovenian finance minister survives no-confidence vote
Slovenian finance minister Uroš Čufer survived a no-confidence vote early on Thursday, as the government coalition closed ranks and voted
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Reform in transition countries stagnating – EBRD report
Economic reform in the countries that formed the former communist bloc has stagnated since the global financial crisis, raising the
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Suspected suicide bomber captured in front of government building in Ankara
A man allegedly wearing a device that resembled a bomb has been captured by security guards on Vekaletler Avenue, after
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Greek government to table 2014 budget without troika approval
Troika inspectors leave Athens without an agreement with the Greek government over the crucial issues that must be settled in
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Erdogan’s ‘Twitter army’
Recep Tayyip Erdogan once said that “Twitter is a lot of trouble, as are other social media. They are the
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Poland’s PM Donald Tusk names seven new ministers in major government reshuffle
Polish prime minister Donald Tusk presented the new line-up of his government after the long-announced cabinet reshuffle naming seven new
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Athens-troika negotiations drag on
Greek administrative reform minister Kyriacos Mitsotakis is set to meet troika officials in Athens on November 20 2013. Mitsotakis hopes
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