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Health care: EC launches smartphone app ‘to ensure stress-free travel this summer’

June 5, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

Just in time for the summer holidays, the EURO 2012 Football Championship and the London 2012 Olympics, the European Commission has

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Europe News 

Greeks divided as election stalemate looms again

June 5, 2012May 22, 2013 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Greece

The final day of polling before the repeat election in Greece on June 17 showed the two main contenders neck

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Business Europe News 

EP committees ring death knell for ACTA in Europe

June 4, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol

Three European Parliament committees voted against the Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty Agreement (ACTA) on May 31, only a day after Dutch parliament

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Serbian presidential election poster for Tomislav Nikolic
Europe News Perspectives 

Stormy start for Serbia’s Nikolić

June 4, 2012May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Serbia

The violence in northern Kosovo around a barricade-clearing operation conducted as Serbia’s new president Tomislav Nikolić was sworn in was

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Nikola Gruevski, prime minister of former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia, FYROM
Europe News 

The Macedonia muddle

June 4, 2012May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Greece, Macedonia

Ahead of the May 2012 Nato summit in Chicago, Macedonian prime minister Nikola Gruevski sent from Skopje a plea for

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Europe News 

Most in EU favour uniform rules on asylum seekers – poll

June 4, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Eight out of 10 Europeans agree that European Union member states should offer protection and asylum to those in need

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Petr Nečas prime minister of the Czech Republic
Europe News 

Czech government has plan for Greek collapse

June 4, 2012May 22, 2013 Andrew Greene of The Prague Post Czech Republic, Greece

As uncertainty continues to grip the outlook for Greece and the future of the eurozone, there is one certainty for

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Slovak prime minister Robert Fico
Europe News 

Slovak PM targets banks to boost revenue

June 4, 2012May 22, 2013 Beata Balogova and Jana Liptokova of The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

It is now clear that banks inSlovakiawill be asked to make a significant contribution to the government’s effort to boost

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Viktor Orbán prime minister of Hungary
Europe News 

Mail-order democracy in Hungary

June 4, 2012May 22, 2013 Robert Hodgson of The Budapest Times Hungary

The postal service, in the week ending June 1, began delivering millions of letters in the name of Hungarian prime

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