Region: Doctors protest against healthcare reform
‘Thank you, we are leaving’ campaign spreads across CEE region Long-running tensions between doctors and governments in the Visegrad Four
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Europe
Turkey’s PM, president manoeuvre for power
Turkey appears to be witnessing a new rivalry between its prime minister and president. Although both are founding members of
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EU leaders make little progress in budget talks
European Union leaders made little progress Friday at a second day of talks on a new budget aimed at confronting
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EU leaders brace for bitter budget battle
European Union leaders prepared Thursday for a summit on a proposed budget that has divided the 27-nation bloc already facing
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Greece could still get South Stream branch – report
Russian state-owned gas firm Gazprom has not abandoned plans to build a branch of the South Stream gas pipeline passing
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MEPs urge caution on fracking, but reject call to EU countries to refuse further fracking operations
Members of the European Parliament say that the emergence of exploration for shale oil and shale gas in some EU
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Poland must increase shale gas exploration to reach production goal – treasury minister
Poland needs to accelerate works on shale gas exploration if it wants to achieve 10 billion cubic meters of total
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Europe, Russia move ahead with Mars mission
The European Space Agency has announced a tentative agreement with Russia for an unmanned mission to explore signs of life
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Drop in Spanish olive oil production likely means higher prices
A severe drought is projected to cut sharply into Spain’s olive harvest. The Mediterranean country is the world’s largest supplier
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