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IMF: Europe’s problems slow US economic recovery

July 4, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, said the “tepid” U.S. economic recovery could be hurt by two

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Visiting Germany, Bulgarian President Plevneliev moots ‘Museum of State Security’

July 3, 2012July 3, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev, meeting his German counterpart Joachim Gauck in Berlin, has floated the idea of a Museum of

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Interview: Bulgarian FM Mladenov on Awakenings and transitions

July 3, 2012May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Nikolai Mladenov has a vision of the countries of the Western Balkans integrated into the European Union and Nato, and

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Debunking 9/11’s ‘Prague connection’

July 3, 2012July 3, 2012 Andrew Greene of The Prague Post

The September 11 terrorist who was used to justify the invasion of Iraq did not come to Prague for meetings

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UN expert urges Turkey, EU to prioritise human rights of migrants

July 3, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, has called on Turkey and the European Union

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Kosovo granted full sovereignty

July 3, 2012July 3, 2012 VOANews

The multi-national group supervising Kosovo’s independence has decided to grant it full rights of national sovereignty as of September. The

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New EU caps on data roaming go into effect

July 2, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

European Union’s first step towards drastically reduced data roaming charges went into effect on July 1, making it cheaper to

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EU unemployment hits new record high of 10.3%

July 2, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Unemployment in the European Union was 10.3 per cent in May 2012, the highest since EU statistics office Eurostat started

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Bulgaria’s President Plevneliev visiting Germany

July 2, 2012July 2, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev is visiting Germany on July 2 and 3 2012 at the invitation of his German counterpart

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