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EU leaders meet as US spying allegations build

October 24, 2013October 24, 2013 VOANews

Leaders of the European Union’s 28 nations will meet in Brussels on Thursday as controversy swirls over allegations the U.S.

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Turkey’s row with NATO about Chinese missiles continues

October 24, 2013October 24, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Nato, Turkey

NATO insists on warning Ankara against the decision to acquire long-range missile systems from China. Following a defence ministers meeting

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Greek New Democracy party leader Antonis Samaras
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Greece’s coalition government lays out policy targets

October 24, 2013October 24, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

As Eurostat released data on Wednesday showing Greece’s public debt reached 169.1 percent of the country’s GDP in the second

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Greece asks Interpol for help in seeking parents of Maria

October 23, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Greek authorities have asked international police agency Interpol to assist their efforts to identify a young blonde girl found living

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Greek parliament defunds neo-Nazi party

October 23, 2013February 11, 2014 VOANews Greece

Greek lawmakers voted late Tuesday for an indefinite suspension of state aid to political parties accused of criminal activities, in

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Greece’s lenders stand firm on new measures row

October 23, 2013October 23, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The argument between the Greek government and the country’s lenders over the necessity of fresh austerity measures needed next year

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Police operation nets 129 stolen vehicles in Western Balkans, CEE countries

October 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Three days of intensive law enforcement activity have resulted in the seizure of 129 stolen vehicles with an estimated value

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EU agrees to new chapter in Turkey’s accession negotiations

October 22, 2013October 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

European Union ministers agreed on October 22 to open a new chapter in the process of Turkey’s EU accession negotiations,

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Strasbourg tribunal fails to give ruling over 1940 Katyn massacre

October 22, 2013 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg said on October 22 2013 that it has no competence to judge

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