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EU blocks UPS acquisition of TNT Express

January 30, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission said on January 30 that it blocked the proposed acquisition of Dutch-based TNT Express by UPS after

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Economic sentiment in EU, euro zone improved in January 2013

January 30, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

In January 2013, the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) increased by 1.4 points in both the EU (to 90.6) and the

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‘Further progress needed’ in Romania’s judiciary reform, EC report says

January 30, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, judiciary

Romania must do more to deliver on respect for rule of law and judicial independence, having implemented some but not

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Bulgaria falls in 2013 World Press Freedom Index

January 30, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria has dropped seven places to rank 80th in the 2013 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders.

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To pay or not to pay Gazprom, that’s the $7 billion question

January 30, 2013May 22, 2013 Jakub Parusinski of the Kyiv Post energy

With Russia sticking Ukraine with a $7 billion bill for not purchasing enough of its above market-priced natural gas last

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Facts about Russian Gazprom’s $7 billion bill to Ukraine’s Naftogaz

January 30, 2013May 22, 2013 Katya Gorchinskaya of The Kyiv Post energy

Just hours before Ukraine signed a $10 billion deal with Royal Dutch Shell on Jan. 24 to extract shale gas

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Europe does not know enough about what Bulgaria did to save Jews from Holocaust death camps, President Plevneliev says in Paris

January 28, 2013March 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Europe does not know what Bulgaria did to save Bulgarian Jews from Holocaust death camps, Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said

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Bulgarian regulator clears NBG, Eurobank units merger

January 28, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on January 28 that it approved the acquisition of EFG Eurobank Ergasias

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Poland votes down same-sex civil unions

January 28, 2013 The Warsaw Voice

The lower house of the Polish parliament Sejm rejected on Friday three bills on civil unions that would have recognized

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