Polish PM refuses to accept sports minister’s resignation
Prime Minister Donald Tusk Wednesday said he has not accepted Sports Minister Joanna Mucha’s resignation over a fiasco that saw
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Czech Republic: Who’s to blame for methanol poisoning?
The wave of deaths from methanol poisoning could have been avoided if successive Czech governments had not willfully ignored the
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Ukraine blames ‘foreign’ security forces in Russian activist’s disappearance
Ukrainian officials say foreign security agencies are responsible for the disappearance of a Russian opposition activist, who said he was
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Danube Bridge 2 to open for business in spring 2013
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Romanian counterpart Victor Ponta took a stroll on October 24 on the completed
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EU asks Bulgaria to implement pesticide use regulations
The European Commission asked on October 24 that seven countries, Bulgaria included, pass legislation to ensure compliance with the directive
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EU bigwigs will bask in Nobel glory
It took almost a week: the EU, this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, announced on Thursday it has finally decided
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Bulgaria loses ground in World Bank’s Doing Business report
Bulgaria fell two spots in the World Bank’s annual Doing Business report, ranking 66th out of 195 countries surveyed, losing
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Bulgarians exploiting Greek system to get higher pensions – report
Thousands of Bulgarians have applied to receive retirement benefits in Greece, paying local residents to acquire address registration and bribing
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Votes for sale: Some look to cash in on Sunday’s Ukrainian election
Election Day is on Sunday, but it feels more like Christmas in some of Ukraine’s districts. Yury Kruk, a Party
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