Ashton, Clinton to make joint visit to Western Balkans
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and US secretary of state Hillary Clinton are to pay a joint visit
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In Ukraine, more people quit smoking as tougher measures adopted
More Ukrainians are giving up the highly damaging smoking habit as legislation toughens bans on advertising, smoking in public places
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EU expresses concern about Russia treason law
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has expressed concern about Russia’s new legislation which broadens the definition of treason.
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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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