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Joint operation nets 14 alleged VAT fraudsters in several European countries

January 14, 2013January 14, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

In a joint investigation team involving Europol and more than 200 law enforcement officers, an organised crime group responsible for

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Poland’s GDP growth to slow down to 1.5 % this year – NBP

January 14, 2013 The Warsaw Voice

Poland’s GDP will grow by 1.5% in 2013, while inflation will be at some 2.3 percent, a report by the

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Leftist Zeman wins first round in Czech presidential election

January 14, 2013 Stefan Bos of VOANews

Official results show former leftist prime minister Milos Zeman has won the first round of the Czech Republic’s first direct

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Hungarian opposition demand Fidesz party expel founder member over racist article

January 13, 2013January 14, 2013 The Budapest Times

“A significant part of Gypsies is not fit for coexistence and is not fit to live amongst people. This part

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Former PM Zeman and foreign minister Schwarzenberg go to second round in Czech presidential election

January 12, 2013January 12, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Former prime minister and former social democrat party leader Miloš Zeman and foreign minister Karel Schwarzenberg are headed for the

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European Commission to give ‘oral update’ on Bulgaria CVM

January 11, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, judiciary

Rather than a detailed Co-operation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) report in writing, the European Commission would give the European Council

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Bulgaria’s relations with Macedonia: Reset or reverse?

January 10, 2013June 2, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews, Macedonia

Bulgaria has underlined time and again that it wants a reset of relations with Macedonia, calling on Skopje to end

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Armenia 2013: Sargsyan’s Presidential election and beyond

January 10, 2013January 11, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Amid all the uncertainties and difficulties facing Armenia, it appears to have the prospect of one certainty – that in

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Georgia 2013 and the vilifying of Saakashvili

January 10, 2013January 10, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

If those behind a petition claimed to have a million signatures have their way, Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili will step

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