Euro zone unemployment reached new record in November 2012 – Eurostat
More than two million people in the European Union lost their jobs between November 2011 and November 2012, bringing unemployment
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World Bank sanctions Serbian company for misconduct in Uganda project
The World Bank Group has announced the debarment of Energoprojekt Niskogradnja, a Serbian civil engineering and contracting company – for
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UN war crimes trial of Hadzic resumes
The trial of former Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadzic, the last fugitive sought by the United Nations Yugoslav war crimes
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Slovak president pardons prisoners
A total of 753 prisoners have been released from jail after Slovak president Ivan Gašparovič granted the presidential amnesties to mark
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Poland’s flagship airline PLL LOT to cut labour force by a third
Poland’s flagship airline carrier PLL LOT may have posted an even 200 million zloty loss in 2012 and will downsize
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Ankara continues efforts to join EU
Ankara has issued a strong attack on the European Union (EU) for what it calls a “bigoted” assessment of Turkey
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Record interest in Nazi Holocaust Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp
Officials at World War Two Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Poland say the site hosted a record number of tourists in
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Controversy continues over Czech president Klaus’s amnesty announcement
The New Year announcement by Czech Republic president Vaclav Klaus of an amnesty that is freeing about 7000 people from
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Slovakia celebrates the 20th anniversary of the velvet split
Slovakia as we know it today celebrates 20 years of its existence on January 1, 2013. On this day in 1993,
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