Danube Bridge 2 ready for use, official opening June 14
Danube Bridge 2 linking Vidin on the Bulgarian bank to Calafat in Romania is ready for use, construction inspectors have
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Cake, coffee and cats in Budapest
While the idea of sharing a restaurant with 15 cats might not thrill everyone, for feline lovers the Cat Café,
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Economy, energy focus in talks between Bulgarian PM Raykov and Italy’s Letta
Talks in Rome between Bulgarian Prime Minister Marin Raykov and his Italian counterpart Enrico Letta focused entirely on economic matters,
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Calling all creative minds in cyberspace
First there was LinkedIn, then Myspace, then Facebook and now … Toadsquare. Prague-based Czech-Australian Jane Hrouda has launched a website
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Bee health: EU-wide restrictions on pesticides use to enter into force on December 1
A restriction on the use of three pesticides belonging to the neonicotinoid family was adopted on May 24 2013 by
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Romania expels ‘cowboy’ jihadists
Two foreigners suspected of planning terrors attacks have been arrested and then expelled by the Romanian authorities, the Romanian home
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Russia Watch: Dagestan – Russia’s wild but beguiling southern frontier
Journalists love superlatives, and Russia’s southernmost republic, Dagestan, obliges. Of Russia’s 83 regions, Dagestan last year recorded the highest level
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Amnesty International: Relations between Albanians and Macedonians have deteriorated
Amnesty International has launched criticism and expressed its concern about the state of human rights and the deterioration of inter
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Forms of legal prostitution heighten human trafficking risks in poorer EU states
When an Austrian businessman announced plans to transform the sex industry from “grocer to supermarket” by opening Europe’s largest brothel
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