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New car sales in Bulgaria slightly up in 2012 year-on-year – unlike EU trend

January 16, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

New car sales in Bulgaria in 2012 were 1.6 per cent higher than in 2011, while overall the downtrend trend

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Europe News 

EU-brokered dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo resumes

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

Bilateral dialogue brokered by the European Union between Belgrade and Priština was scheduled to resume in Brussels on January 15

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Bulgarians await outcome of Greek appeal court ruling in Helios Airways 2005 crash case

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

Bulgaria’s transport carriers union and supporters of Yanko Stoimenov, sentenced by a Greek court for 123 years in jail in

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Bulgarians among group jailed by Czech court for forging documents

January 15, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Czech Republic

A court in the Czech Republic has jailed a group of seven, including two Bulgarians, four Russians and a Moldovan,

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Euro zone industrial production still shrinking

January 14, 2013May 22, 2013 VOANews

The eurozone says its industrial production fell for the third straight month in November, the latest signal that the currency

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Europe News 

Slovakia still in talks over steel mill

January 14, 2013 Beata Balogova of The Slovak Spectator

Reports last year about the potential sale of the country’s largest steelworks and one of the flagship United States investments

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Europe News 

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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Europe News 

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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