Greek Olympian disqualified after racist tweet
A member of the Greek Olympic team has been expelled from the Olympic games for a posting a racist comment
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Europe
UN chief Ban’s Balkans odyssey
The Macedonia name dispute, relations between Serbia and Kosovo and “bridges” to a European future have all been on the
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Polish MPs reject controversial bill on civil unions
Polish deputies Tuesday rejected proposed legislation to introduce civil unions, a decision welcomed by Poland’s powerful conservatives, who oppose same-sex
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Greek PM Samaras predicts economic growth by 2014
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is pledging that the economy in his recession-plagued country can start to grow again by
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Germany’s credit warning underscores euro zone problems
Stock markets and the euro currency dipped Tuesday after the international financial-rating agency Moody’s lowered its credit outlook for Europe’s
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Fitch rating agency concerned about worsening credit outlooks
A major financial services agency says ongoing worries over the eurozone crisis and a recent increase in negative credit outlooks
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Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney to visit Poland
America’s Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney will visit Poland July 30-31 at the invitation of former President Lech Walesa. For
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Bulgaria foiled a terrorist attack a few months ago, Israeli minister says
Bulgarian services prevented a terrorist attack a few months ago, Israeli minister of tourism Stas Misezhnikov said on July 23
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Bulgarian troops not involved in football fan fight in Sarajevo, MoD says
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Defence has rejected media reports from Bosnia that Bulgarian military personnel were involved in a brawl in
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