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Foreign ministers deliver EU’s message to Tbilisi ahead of Georgia’s elections

September 17, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Foreign ministers from five European Union countries have delivered a message of encouragement and support to Georgia ahead of the

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Increase in hourly labour costs in Bulgaria among highest in EU in Q2 2012, Eurostat says

September 17, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria saw among the highest increases in labour costs on an annual basis in the second quarter of 2012 in

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Poland bans Czech hard liquor after methanol deaths

September 17, 2012September 17, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

The Polish government  launched on September 16 2012 a one-month ban on sales of strong alcohol imported from the Czech

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Hit by Greek and euro crises, Macedonia slips into recession

September 17, 2012September 17, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Macedonia is in recession after reporting two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth, contracting 1.4 per cent in the first

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Bulgarian President Plevneliev visiting Austria

September 17, 2012September 16, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev is on a working visit to Austria on September 17 and 18 2012, the President’s press

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US publishing of Katyn crime files should encourage other governments to open their archives, US ambassador to Poland says

September 17, 2012September 16, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

US Ambassador in Warsaw Lee A. Feinstein said  that he hopes that the publication of documents, that has long been

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Optimism over euro crisis eases market pressure

September 17, 2012May 22, 2013 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews

Eurozone finance ministers had a spring in their step Friday as they gathered in Cyprus for talks on the debt

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Bulgarian FM Mladenov speaks on Macedonia’s ‘Third Half’ film controversy

September 14, 2012September 14, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Macedonia’s controversial film Third Half, which emphasises Bulgaria’s World War 2 role in the deportation to Nazi death camps of

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Election results in Netherlands could mean step forward for Bulgaria’s Schengen entry, Tsvetanov says

September 14, 2012June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Schengen, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

The outcome of the September 12 2012 elections in the Netherlands, in which prime minister Mark Rutte’s liberal VVD party

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