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EU unemployment flat at 11% in July

August 30, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

The 28-member European Union ended July 2013 with 11 per cent unemployment, seasonally adjusted, unchanged from the previous month, according

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UN envoy: Serbia and Kosovo making positive steps towards normal relations

August 30, 2013August 30, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Kosovo, Serbia

Positive steps taken by leaders in Belgrade and Priština in recent months have led to historic agreements and fundamental progress

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Bulgarians among suspects arrested as largest Ecstasy lab ever found in Europe bust

August 28, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

In a landmark operation supported by Europol and led by Belgium, law enforcement authorities have dismantled the largest illicit synthetic

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Greek New Democracy party leader Antonis Samaras
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Imminent invasion in Syria troubles Athens

August 28, 2013August 28, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

With NATO forces awaiting US president Barack Obama’s “green light” to begin joint military operations in Syria’s territory, the Greek

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European nations divided on call for action in Syria

August 27, 2013February 11, 2014 Selah Hennessy of VOANews Syria

France is ready to “punish” those who carried out an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria last week, the French

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Europe 

Meeting between Thaçi and Dačić ends without agreement

August 27, 2013October 23, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo, Serbia

A meeting between Kosovo prime minister Hashim Thaçi and his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dačić has ended without a concrete agreement,

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Greek government ‘fears social disorder and massive protests’

August 27, 2013August 27, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras may have assessed as positive all the reforms in Greece’s public sector, but, according to

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Roma wall in Slovakia draws criticism from Brussels

August 27, 2013 Beata Balogova of The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

The infamy of the wall in Košice segregating the city’s Roma community has made it to Brussels with the European Commissioner

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Russia concerned over Georgia’s presidential election

August 24, 2013February 11, 2014 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Georgia, Russia

Before Russia fought a shooting war with Georgia, it fought a trade war with its small neighbor. First, Russia lifted

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