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MEPs urged not to vote down ACTA

July 4, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol

European trade commissioner Karel de Gucht delivered an impassioned plea to the European Parliament on July 3, asking MEPs not

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Watchdog slams Kosovo parliament decision on including media articles in criminal code

July 4, 2012July 4, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), deplores the June 22

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Bulgaria’s President Plevneliev visiting Greece

July 4, 2012July 4, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev is to pay an official visit to Greece on July 4 and 5 2012 at the

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Amid crisis, Poland bucks the trend: FT

July 4, 2012July 4, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

Poland is solidifying its position as the European Union’s fastest growing economy and is the most resilient of the ex-communist

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Europe News 

Gay games upsets Hungary’s Jobbik

July 4, 2012July 4, 2012 The Budapest Times

The Budapest City Council caucus of radical right-wing party Jobbik has said that the 14th EuroGames – a gay and

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Europe News 

Croatia rescues 65 people from Adriatic Sea

July 4, 2012July 4, 2012 Lisa Schlein of VOANews

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR, says the Croatian Coast Guard has rescued 65 people on Monday

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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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