Third of arrests at Bulgarian border in 2012 were of Syrians
Just more than a third of the people arrested at the Bulgarian border from the beginning of January 1 2012
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Euro zone crisis and US fiscal cliff risk dominate sovereign outlook, Fitch Ratings says
Weaknesses in the major advanced economies – dominated by the continuing euro zone crisis and the looming threat of the
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IMF releases preliminary conclusions after assessment of EU financial sector
The European Union is facing great challenges, with continuing banking and sovereign debt crises in some parts of the Union,
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South Stream’s status high on Russia-EU summit agenda
In the big picture of Russia’s relationship with the European Union, Bulgaria has never played a big role – certain
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Snowdrifts, strong winds cause chaos in north-eastern Bulgaria as harsh winter weather grips Eastern Europe
Heavy snowfalls and strong winds led to declarations of states of emergency in eight municipalities and a district in north-eastern
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End of the world: Some fear, others plan to earn
For the last three years, 27-year-old Kyivan Iryna Boyko has been searching the Internet to find out exactly what’s going
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Poland’s security chief: ‘No evidence of foreign interference’ in presidential air crash probe
Poland has no evidence of a foreign country interfering in an official probe into the plane crash in Russia two
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Russian parliament passes measure banning US adoptions
Russia’s parliament has approved a measure banning Americans from adopting Russian children. Lawmakers from Russia’s lower house of parliament, the
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Gazprom cuts South Stream investment, bullish on rising exports – reports
Two weeks after the ceremonial welding of the first pipes of the South Stream pipeline, Russia’s state-owned gas company Gazprom
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