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Romanian deputy PM indicted for electoral fraud in 2012 referendum

October 7, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romanian deputy prime minister Liviu Dragnea, suggestively nicknamed a “local baron” by the Romanian media and one of the most

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Europe 

Kosovo PM Thaçi: I encourage Serbs to vote

October 7, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo, Serbia

The prime minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, has not clarified if officials from the Serb government will be allowed to

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Europe 

Greek former minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos found guilty

October 7, 2013October 7, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Judges of the three-member Court of Appeal for Felonies found former Minister of PASOK, Akis Tsohatzopoulos, for the crime of

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Europe 

Soros: ‘Greece will never be able to pay back its debt’

October 7, 2013October 7, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

US large-scale investor George Soros (pictured) told Germany’s “Spiegel online” business editors that another international debt haircut for crisis-stricken Greece

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Europe 

Turks do not believe EU accession will happen – poll

October 7, 2013October 7, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

Turks have lost their hopes of joining the EU. This is the conclusion, at least, of a poll published by

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Europe 

Romanian president slams France for unsubstantiated opposition to Schengen accession

October 6, 2013October 23, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romanian president Traian Basescu has asked France to substantiate its accusations against Romania’s alleged precarious security at the borders after

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Europe 

Sofia – London ‘Freedom Challenge’ bike ride to combat people trafficking

October 6, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The Freedom Challenge bicycle ride started in the Bulgarian capital city Sofia on October 6 2013, headed for London in

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Europe 

Erdogan reduces military service; reveals plans for Presidency

October 4, 2013October 4, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan revealed the reduction of military service in an interview with TV networks A Haber

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Europe 

EU, UNHCR speak out after Lampedusa tragedy

October 4, 2013October 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

European Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Cecilia Malmström and the head of the UN High Commission for Refugees António Guterres are

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