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European Commissioner John Dalli resigns

October 17, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

John Dalli has resigned as European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, the European Commission said on October 16 2012.

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Ukrainian voters punished for candidates’ fraud

October 17, 2012October 17, 2012 Oksana Grytsenko of The Kyiv Post

Asked by sociologists about how they plan to vote, millions of Ukrainians could simply respond: “I can’t travel that far.”

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EU rebukes Google on its privacy policy

October 17, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

Data protection agencies in Europe have concluded that Google’s new privacy policy does not comply with the continent’s laws, but

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Iran criticises latest EU sanctions

October 17, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

Iran has criticized the latest round of sanctions aimed at pressuring the country to curb its nuclear program. Foreign Ministry

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Controversial former Bulgarian foreign minister nominated for second EPP term – report

October 16, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol

Bulgaria’s ruling party GERB has nominated Roumyana Zheleva, a former foreign minister and failed European Commissioner-designate, for a second term

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EU annual inflation stays flat in September, Bulgarian CPI up

October 16, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Annual inflation was unchanged in September, both in the euro zone and the European Union as a whole, but the

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‘EU Prosecutor’, new legal definitions among proposals for EU to fight organised crime

October 16, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A European Union-wide definition of mafia-related crimes, the possibility of seizing criminal assets and using them to benefit the community,

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Polish firms to invest 1.2 billion euro in shale gas projects by 2016

October 16, 2012May 22, 2013 The Warsaw Voice energy

Polish firms will invest in shale gas projects five billion zloty (about 1.22 billion euro) by 2016, but eventually investments

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Canada won’t force Roma to return to Hungary: Balog

October 16, 2012 Benedicte Williams of The Budapest Times

There will be no mass return of Hungarian Roma once Canada implements stricter immigration rules, Minister of Human Resources Zoltán

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