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EU inspects four firms in oil price-fixing probe

May 15, 2013May 22, 2013 VOANews energy, European Commission

The European Union has launched an antitrust investigation into possible price manipulations for oil and biofuel products. Authorities made unannounced

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Bulgaria Europe News 

European integration of the region cannot conclude without Kosovo, Bulgaria’s PM says after meeting Thaçi

May 15, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Kosovo, Marin Raykov

The European integration of the region cannot be complete without Kosovo participating in this process, Bulgarian Prime Minister and Foreign

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Bulgaria Business Europe News 

Bulgaria records minimum growth in Q1, EU still in recession – flash estimates

May 15, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

Bulgaria’s economy posted 0.1 per cent growth in the first quarter of the year, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said

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Business Europe News 

Safety nets shielded Europe’s poorest from crisis

May 15, 2013May 22, 2013 Lisa Bryant of VOANews

New figures from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development show that social welfare programs shielded some of the poorest

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Europe News 

Bosnia and Herzegovina lags in progress to regional integration, Security Council told

May 15, 2013May 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Political leaders in Bosnia and Herzegovina are still falling short of the expectations of their citizens and the international community,

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Bulgaria Europe Leisure News 

Eurovision 2013: First semi-final contestants through to finals

May 14, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

After the first semi-final in Eurovision 2013, on May 14, the countries that will go through to the finals in

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Europe News 

Hungary: Massive VAT fraud over Slovak border

May 14, 2013May 22, 2013 Robert Hodgson of The Budapest Times Hungary, Slovakia

The number of lorries entering Hungary from Slovakia has fallen by 25 per cent during the three months since customs

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Europe News World 

Interpol meeting in Budapest to steer European collaborative strategy against transnational crime

May 14, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Senior law enforcement officials from throughout Europe are gathering in Budapest for the 42nd Interpol European Regional Conference in order

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Europe News 

One- and two-euro cent coins headed for change?

May 14, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

One and two euro cent coins may be headed for the scrapheap, depending on the outcome of an investigation by

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