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Hungarian deputy PM speaks on country’s responsibility in the Holocaust

October 9, 2013October 9, 2013 The Budapest Times Hungary

For the first time since the fall of communism a high-ranking government official has acknowledged that “the Hungarian State was

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European Parliament calls for humanitarian conference on Syrian refugee crisis

October 9, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

The European Union should convene a humanitarian conference aimed at helping Syria’s neighbouring countries to cope with the still-growing influx

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Shale gas: new fracking projects must pass environmental test, European Parliament says

October 9, 2013October 9, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

The European Parliament, adopting the first reading of an amendment to existing EU legislation, proposed on October 9 2013 that

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Bulgaria to get direct EU financial help to deal with influx of Syrian refugees – Interior Minister

October 8, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria will soon get direct financial assistance from the European Union to cope with the influx into the country of

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Turkey under pressure over likely purchase of Chinese missiles

October 8, 2013 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Ankara is facing mounting pressure from its NATO allies over its announcement that a Chinese company is favored to win

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Cyprus economic victims fight back

October 8, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus

A renewed wave of protests by securities holders and depositors that have been gravely affected by the measures which accompanied

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European Commission calls for large-scale Mediterranean patrols to prevent repeat of Lampedusa tragedy

October 8, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, Rossen Plevneliev

European Union interior ministers meeting in Luxembourg on October 38 were to hear a proposal from European Home Affairs Commissioner

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Prosecutors order investigation into Golden Dawn’s financial status

October 8, 2013October 8, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency

Prosecutors Spyros Georgouleas and Christos Papakostas ordered on October 8 the Financial Crime Prosecution Unit of Greece (SDOE) to begin

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European Commission has five-point plan to combat abuse of free movement rights

October 8, 2013October 8, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

Citizens of European Union countries living in other member state most likely are there to work and not as part

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