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Customs Agency check finds no problem with Czech alcohol in Bulgaria: Updated

September 21, 2012September 21, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A check by Bulgaria’s Customs Agency into Czech alcoholic drinks imported into Bulgaria, an investigation prompted by deaths and hospitalisations

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Banned booze: Vendors count their losses as police search for methanol-tainted liquor continues

September 21, 2012September 21, 2012 Tomas Rakos of The Prague Post

Minutes before midnight on September 14, two police officers, worn-out after hours of walking around local pubs and bars, handed

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Czech Republic bans hard liquor exports, but taking steps to enable easing of local ban

September 21, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The Czech Republic announced on September 20 2012 that it was putting an immediate ban on the export of all

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China to continue supporting Europe’s recovery

September 21, 2012May 22, 2013 Al Pessin of VOANews

China’s premier says his country will continue to help Europe resolve its debt crisis, indicating Beijing will not stop buying

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Georgian official steps down over prison abuse

September 21, 2012September 21, 2012 VOANews

Georgia’s interior minister has resigned, amid continuing protests over alleged prisoner abuse that was filmed and aired on Georgian television

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Bulgaria Europe News 

AEJ asks European Commission to monitor media environment in Bulgaria

September 21, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The Association of European Journalists (AEJ), which earlier in September wrote an open letter to European Commissioner Neelie Kroes about

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Digital agenda commissioner Kroes pushes e-EU in Sofia

September 20, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

European Commissioner Neelie Kroes picked Bulgaria, a country with a spotty record in pursuing the European Union’s digital agenda, to

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Bulgaria checks alcohol on sale amid Czech bootleg liquor crisis

September 20, 2012September 20, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian consumer protection authorities said that they were checking alcohol products on sale, especially vodka and rum, because of the

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Europe News 

Prisoner abuse video sparks protests in Georgia

September 20, 2012 VOANews

Georgia’s President Mikhail Saakashvili has vowed to punish those responsible for the torture and rape of inmates at a Georgian

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