Greek workers strike ahead of new austerity vote
Greek public transport workers and journalists have launched a week of strikes against a new round of austerity measures the
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Ukrainian opposition rallies to straighten election vote count
More than a week into the vote count after the October 28 parliamentary election, opposition parties gathered a rally in
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Ruling party MPs seek clarity on reports of Turkey nuclear plant planned near Bulgarian border
Members of Parliament for Bulgaria’s ruling party from the Black Sea city of Bourgas are seeking clarity because of continuing
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Russia Watch: New Kremlin headache: Democracy is alive and well in Ukraine and Georgia
Vladimir Putin is suffering back pains and is cancelling foreign trips and his annual November press conference marathon. He may
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Ukraine’s Tymoshenko refuses to end hunger strike
Ukraine’s jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko is refusing to end a hunger strike she began this week to protest
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Clinton in Albania on last leg of Balkans tour
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged Albania’s feuding political factions to work together to push through democratic reforms
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Ukrainian opposition to challenge election results, but court appeals likely to be futile
To say that dirty tactics during the campaign and vote tabulation left some people unhappy would be a huge understatement.
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France’s Areva out of the bidding for Czech nuclear plant expansion
Areva has promised to take legal action after ČEZ rejected the French conglomerate’s appeal against its exclusion from the tender
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EC veiled threat of early CVM report for Bulgaria unfair – minister
Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov said on November 1 that the European Commission’s threat to issue a Co-operation and Verification
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