Serbian scandal highlights fungal poison danger
A scandal over contaminated milk in the Balkans highlights a global threat to food safety: Aflatoxins are naturally occurring poisons
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Democracy making strides in former Soviet Armenia
Twenty-one years after gaining independence from the Soviet Union, Armenia may be coming of age. It is developing a more
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Turkish PM Erdogan’s Zionism comments ‘particularly offensive’, US says
The United States is expressing its disapproval with the comments of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who this week
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New EU regulations on bus and coach passenger rights come into effect on March 1
A new European Union regulation on bus and coach passenger rights came into effect on March 1 2013, providing bus
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Unemployment in Bulgaria 12.4% in January 2013, as youth unemployment hits 28.3%
Unemployment among youth, meaning under-25s, hit 28.3 per cent in Bulgaria in January 2013, higher than the European Union average
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Poland ratifies EU fiscal pact
Poland’s President Bronislaw Komorowski signed on February 28 2013 the ratification document of the EU fiscal pact which increases public
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Kremlin’s policies shackled by oil and gas giant Gazprom
As Russia’s largest oil and gas company is once again embroiled in an energy dispute with Ukraine, the country’s dependence
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ICTY appeals chamber acquits and orders release of Momčilo Perišić
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia’s appeals chamber said on February 28 2013 that it had acquitted and
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No EU state can unilaterally extend labour restrictions on Bulgarians and Romanians, European Commissioner says
Remaining labour market restrictions on workers from Bulgaria and Romania end on December 31 2013 and no EU country can
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