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Bulgaria’s SME performance outdoes EU average, study finds

October 15, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s small, medium and micro enterprise (SME) sector has stabilised after the crisis with noticeably more businesses, jobs and value

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Europe News 

New move to scrap Schengen visa exemption for Serbians and Macedonians because of fake asylum claims

October 15, 2012June 2, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer European Commission, Macedonia, Schengen, Serbia

European Union interior ministers are to be asked at a meeting on October 25 2012 to consider revoking the Schengen

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Europol issues warning to computer users on police ransomware malware scam

October 15, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Europol has issued a warning to computer users about the police “ransomware” malware scam that seeks to defraud people of

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Europe News 

Opposition leading in Lithuanian elections, according to exit polls

October 15, 2012October 15, 2012 VOANews

Lithuania’s left-wing opposition has taken the lead in Sunday’s parliamentary elections. Exit polls show the left-wing Labor Party in first

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Europe News 

Montenegro ruling party set to keep power

October 15, 2012October 15, 2012 VOANews

Montenegro’s ruling coalition has taken a strong lead in Sunday’s parliamentary election. Exit polls show the center-left Democratic Party of

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Archaeology: Tomb in northern Greece could be that of widow and son of Alexander the Great, reports say

October 15, 2012October 15, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Archaeologists are reserving judgment but Greek and Bulgarian media have reported that a tomb found in the town of Amphipolis

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Europe News 

EU: Ukraine elections a ‘litmus test’ of democratic credentials

October 15, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

The European Union says upcoming parliamentary elections in Ukraine will be a “litmus test” of the country’s democratic credentials, and

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Bulgarians can join in congratulating themselves on Nobel Peace Prize award to EU, Foreign Minister Mladenov says

October 12, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The awarding of the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union is acknowledgment for all of us that we

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Europe News World 

European Union wins Nobel Peace Prize

October 12, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

The European Union has been awarded the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo announced the winner

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