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Polls see Türk set for largest share of vote in Slovenia’s presidential elections on November 11

November 9, 2012November 8, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Slovenia’s incumbent president Danilo Türk is set to take the largest share of votes in his bid to return to

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‘Last warning’ before CEE docs get tough on pay

November 8, 2012 Benedicte Williams of The Budapest Times

Medical unions in Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland will stage a joint protest on 20 November against their

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Greek parliament passes more deep spending cuts, thousands protest

November 8, 2012 VOANews

Greece’s parliament has passed another package of deep spending cuts and tax increases, plans that sent tens of thousands of

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EC downbeat on European economic growth prospects

November 7, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission said on November 7, in its autumn economic forecast, that it expected the bloc’s economy to shrink

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Polish banks to tighten credit criteria – survey

November 7, 2012November 7, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

Polish banks expect to tighten credit criteria in all market segments in Q4, the central bank NBP said in a

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Slovakia: Filmmaker faces prosecution

November 7, 2012November 7, 2012 Beata Balogova of The Slovak Spectator

The sound engineer working on ‘The Disease of the Third Power’, a critical documentary about what its creators call the “black

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Ukraine orders partial vote re-run

November 7, 2012November 7, 2012 VOANews

Ukraine’s outgoing parliament has ordered a partial re-run of voting in five disputed districts despite claims by the opposition that

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Ukraine feminists campaign against sex tourism

November 7, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

At first, protests by Ukrainian feminist group Femen were ignored by the media.  But two years ago the women started taking off

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UN expert calls on Bosnia and Herzegovina to accelerate redress for women victims of wartime violence

November 7, 2012November 7, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Noting that heightened levels of domestic violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina are often linked to the country’s legacy of its

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