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Poland to join euro zone when safe – finance minister

December 17, 2012May 22, 2013 The Warsaw Voice

Poland wants to enter the euro zone as soon as possible, but at a time when the entry is advantageous

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European leaders say worst of debt crisis is over

December 16, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

Some European leaders are saying that the worst of the continent’s three-year governmental debt crisis is behind it, even as

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Bulgaria and Serbia to sign memorandum on gas interconnector pipeline project

December 14, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dačić are to sign a memorandum of understanding on December

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Romania’s election – hard figures and a hard future

December 14, 2012June 2, 2013 Alex Bivol Romania

Romania boasts the largest administrative building in the world, the Parliament Palace that is home to its bicameral parliament –

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Treasury minister calls for dismissal of CEO of Poland’s troubled flagship airline LOT

December 14, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

Poland’s Treasury Ministry expects ailing state airline PLL LOT’s supervisory board to make the CEO accountable for the current situation,

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Struggling to curb a booming HIV epidemic

December 14, 2012December 13, 2012 Harriet Salem for The Prague Post

“Zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination. Zero AIDS-related deaths.” This is the long-term vision of UNAIDS, organizers of World Aids

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Purchasing power in Bulgaria lowest in the EU – Eurostat

December 13, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Purchasing power in Bulgaria, measured according to Actual Individual Consumption per capita, was the lowest in the European Union from

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Fear and loathing in Ukraine’s new parliament

December 13, 2012December 13, 2012 Katya Gorchinskaya of The Kyiv Post

Naked women and broken fences. Several brawls and plenty of insults. Watching the first day of the new parliament is

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Banking union: EU reaches euro zone bank supervision deal

December 13, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

European Union finance ministers have reached a deal to create a single supervisor for eurozone banks, in a bid to

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