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US, EU push for better relations between Serbia and Kosovo

October 31, 2012October 31, 2012 Scott Stearns of VOANews

The United States and European Union are promoting closer cooperation between Serbia and Kosovo as an opportunity for both countries

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Poland denies report of Smolensk aircraft explosives findings, but political fire strong

October 31, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

Polish authorities moved quickly to play down reports of TNT and nitroglycerin in the wreckage of the presidential aircraft that

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Greek New Democracy party leader Antonis Samaras
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Greek PM Samaras says debt deal reached with lenders

October 31, 2012October 31, 2012 VOANews

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras says he has reached agreement with the country’s international lenders on a new austerity plan,

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Vote energises Ukraine’s opposition

October 31, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

In his Soviet youth, Viktor Yanukovych was a street fighter. Now, he is 62 years old and Ukraine’s president. Vitaly

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Europe News 

Clinton, Ashton: Bosnia must implement reforms to Join Nato, EU

October 31, 2012October 31, 2012 Scott Stearns of VOANews

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton have told Bosnian leaders they must

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Bulgaria Europe News 

New Dutch government to keep labour restrictions on Bulgarians, Romanians – reports

October 30, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The coalition agreement between the two parties that have won the most votes in Dutch elections in September will take

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October 2012 sees economic, business sentiment down in euro zone

October 30, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Economic sentiment declined further in the euro zone in October 2012, as did business sentiment, going by European Union statistics.

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Bulgaria urges post-election government in Ukraine to steer European path

October 30, 2012October 30, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria, noting the high turnout in the October 28 2012 parliamentary elections in Ukraine but also OSCE assessments of the

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Europe News 

Traces of explosives found on Smolensk plane wreck – report

October 30, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

Polish prosecutors found traces of explosives, including TNT and nitroglycerine, on the wreck of the government plane that crashed in

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