EU leaders agree on bank rescue fund, bond support for Italy and Spain
Leaders of the European Union have reached an agreement to use its rescue fund to directly boost struggling banks across
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Tymoshenko new target for dirty election campaign
As political ads fill billboards and media all over the country ahead of the Oct. 28 parliament elections, Yulia Tymoshenko
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Senior UN official calls for probe into latest incident in Kosovo
The United Nations envoy for Kosovo has condemned the incidents that occurred there on June 28 2012, particularly the attack on
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Europe weighing Italian, Spanish debt relief
European leaders are weighing the possibility of using the eurozone’s financial rescue fund to make direct debt purchases from Italy
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Serbian president Nikolić hands socialists’ Dačić mandate to form government
Serbian president Tomislav Nikolić handed a mandate on June 28 to Socialist Party of Serbia leader Ivica Dačić to form
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Hague court drops one Karadžić genocide charge, refuses 10 acquittal motions
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia dismissed on June 28 2012 Radovan Karadžić’s oral motion for a judgement
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European Commission proposes measures against tax fraud and evasion
Minimum sanctions for tax crimes, a cross-border tax identification number, a European Union tax-payer’s charter and stronger common measures against tax
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Bulgaria moves to grant refugees EU resident status
Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on June 27 amendments to the Foreigners Act that will give refugees and other beneficiaries of international
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Bulgarian among 24 arrested in international operation against ‘carding’ group
A Bulgarian was among 24 people arrested in a major international operation against a “carding” scheme, offences in which the
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