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Navalny returns to Moscow to run for mayor

July 21, 2013July 31, 2013 Jessica Golloher of VOANews Russia

Anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny is back in Moscow after being freed on bail pending an appeal of his theft conviction.

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Electricity war started in Croatia

July 19, 2013July 19, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, energy

After Slovenian company GEN-I won a tender in June to supply the Croatian public administration with electricity, now the Croatian

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European Commission warns Romania of incoherent financial plan

July 19, 2013July 19, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

The European executive arm has warned Romania its plan drawn up with a view to access EU funds during the

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Visiting German finance minister faces Greek protests

July 19, 2013 Selah Hennessy of VOANews Greece

Thousands of police officers lined the streets of Athens on Thursday as the German finance minister visited the Greek capital.

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Latent rage in Czech Republic

July 18, 2013July 18, 2013 Marketa Hulpachova of The Prague Post Czech Republic

A ticking time bomb in the shape of latent racism dwells just beneath the surface of Czech society, says activist

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Poland to join energy market coupling in CEE region

July 18, 2013 The Warsaw Voice energy, Poland

Poland will join the Central European energy market coupling mechanism according to the memorandum of understanding signed with the Czech

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Romania seeks another two year long stand-by agreement with IMF

July 17, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romania has successfully concluded its international loan agreements and seeks another two year long preventive arrangement, the Romanian President Traian

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Fundamental terms of Poland’s nuclear project agreed

July 17, 2013 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Polish energy giants PGE, Tauron and Enea, as well as copper and silver giant KGHM have agreed on the basic

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Israel condemns Polish ban on kosher slaughter

July 17, 2013July 17, 2013 The Warsaw Voice Poland

The rejection by the Polish Sejm (lower house) of a bill allowing ritual slaughter, or shechitah, is “totally unacceptable” and

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