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Cyprus agrees to 47.5 per cent levy on biggest depositors

July 29, 2013 VOANews Cyprus

Cyprus has reached a final agreement with its international lenders to confiscate 47.5 percent of the accounts of its biggest

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EU, China reach agreement on solar panels dispute

July 29, 2013July 29, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Union and China have reached an agreement in the trade dispute involving the cheap imports of solar panels

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Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras
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Italian, Greek PMs to meet

July 29, 2013July 30, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Leta, is going to meet on Monday noon with his Greek counterpart, Antonis Samaras, in a

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Sofia and Skopje – another meeting, more good intentions

July 29, 2013July 30, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Plamen Oresharski and Nikola Gruevski have become the latest two occupants of the prime ministers’ chairs in their respective countries

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View overlooking Greek capital city Athens photo Clive Leviev-Sawyer
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Greece closer to rescue loan tranche disbursement

July 25, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

A Euro Working Group meeting was held Wednesday to examine if Greece has taken all necessary prior actions in order

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Serbia – Kosovo PMs’ meeting in Brussels ends without agreement

July 24, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo, Serbia

A meeting has ended in Brussels between the EU high representatives, Catherine Ashton, Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci and

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Romanian company buys Croatian state railway freight operator

July 24, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, Romania

Grampet Group, a Romanian company, has come out winner in the bidding process for the sale of 75 per cent

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Turkish protesters take to country’s parks

July 24, 2013 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Anti-government protesters have turned to local parks to continue their struggle. On a nightly basis, hundreds and sometimes thousands of

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Ritual slaughter dispute should be taken to Polish Constitutional Court – Minister Boni

July 23, 2013 The Warsaw Voice Poland

The issue of Poland’s ban on ritual slaughter should be looked at the country’s Constitutional Court, Polish Minister of Administration

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