Experts call for action as Europe’s crisis festers
Europe’s economic crisis has continued over the summer, while attention was diverted by the Olympics, the war in Syria and
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EU ready to increase funding to cope with Syrian humanitarian crisis, Georgieva says
Bulgaria’s European Commissioner, Kristalina Georgieva, has welcomed the UN Security Council French Presidency’s initiative to put the humanitarian situation in
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Bulgaria’s first electronic border control counters opened at Sofia Airport
The first electronic border control desks in Bulgaria were opened at Sofia Airport’s Terminal 2 on August 28 2012. The
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Firefighters battle blazes in Bulgaria’s Rila Mountain, Serbia, Macedonia and Greece
Firefighters in Bulgaria continued their struggle against the blaze in the Beli Bor area of the Rila Mountain on August
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Greek PM Samaras seeks more time to make reforms, cuts
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is expected to ask for more time to make key reforms and spending cuts to
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Bulgaria’s new Rila blaze amid fires sweeping South Eastern Europe
A fire that broke out at 1400m in Bulgaria’s Rila mountain on August 23 – the second such blaze at
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Construction of first phase of Skopje – Sofia rail link ‘to begin in 2013’
Macedonia’s government, having been given 46.4 million euro financing by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, plans to start
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French cabinet mulls lifting work restrictions on Bulgarians, Romanians
French prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on August 22 that he was in favour of lifting the work restrictions on
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Greek PM says country not seeking more money
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is seeking to reassure the country’s international creditors, saying Greece is not looking for any
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