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Polish government to pump about 119M euro into shale gas R&D projects

July 13, 2012May 22, 2013 The Warsaw Voice energy

The National Centre for Research and Development (NCBiR) and the Industry Development Agency (ARP) announced Wednesday they have signed a

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Europe News 

IMF talks with Hungary to start on July 17

July 13, 2012July 13, 2012 Robert Hodgson of The Budapest Times

Negotiators from the International Monetary Fund, European Union and European Central Bank are to arrive on Tuesday to begin talks

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Owner and manager of hotel in Sofia arrested in Greek 160kg cocaine bust

July 13, 2012July 13, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The owner of the Hotel Rodina in Sofia, Vassil Ninov, and the hotel’s manager, Konstantin Georgiev, were among four foreign

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IMF: Greece missed bailout targets

July 13, 2012July 13, 2012 VOANews

The International Monetary Fund says Greece has missed several financial targets it pledged to adopt as it secured its second

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Number of foreigners living in Bulgaria well below EU average

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

Bulgaria is among four European Union member states with the lowest number of resident foreigners, at 0.5 per cent of

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Europe News 

Bulgarian caught driving 248km/h on Croatian highway

July 12, 2012July 12, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A Bulgarian was stopped by police in Croatia after driving at 248km/h on a highway, local media said. In Croatia,

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Bulgaria’s Cabinet nominates former dissident Bochev among four new ambassadors

July 11, 2012July 11, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has nominated four new ambassadors, in the latest round of the changing of the guard in the country’s

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Europe News 

Romanian court deepens impasse over presidential impeachment

July 11, 2012 Alex Bivol

Romania’s constitutional court ruled on July 10 to raise the bar for the presidential impeachment referendum, but instead of clarifying

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CIA flights: EU states must investigate secret detention sites in Europe, EP committee says

July 11, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

European Union member states must investigate whether there were secret prisons or facilities on their territory where people were held

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