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European Commission delivers visa roadmap to Kosovo government

June 15, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, Kosovo

European Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström handed the roadmap for visa liberalisation over to the Kosovo government on June

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Greece ponders second election in six weeks

June 15, 2012May 27, 2013 Dominic Laurie of VOANews Greece

Greeks vote for a government for the second time in six weeks on Sunday. The last election, in May, gave

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Polish authorities apologize over Euro 2012 hooligans

June 14, 2012June 14, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

Polish authorities apologized Wednesday for hooligan violence that broke out in Warsaw ahead of a tense Poland-Russia Euro 2012 match

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Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi starts tour of Europe

June 14, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has arrived in Switzerland at the start of a historic European tour, which

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Czech MP faces trial after corruption immunity lifted

June 14, 2012May 27, 2013 The Budapest Times Czech Republic

Czech MPs stripped a leading politician of his parliamentary immunity on Tuesday in one of the country’s most high-profile corruption

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Euro zone crisis expected to dominate G20 Summit

June 14, 2012May 27, 2013 Kent Klein of VOANews euro zone

Much of President Barack Obama’s attention at next week’s Group of 20 economic summit in Mexico’s Pacific resort of Los Cabos may

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Joint tourism project underway in SEE

June 13, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s government has approved the memorandum of understanding signed in February 2012 regarding the project Cultural and Tourist Route ‘On

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Romania threatens to make Hungarian House Speaker persona non grata

June 13, 2012May 27, 2013 Benedicte Williams of The Budapest Times Hungary, Romania

Parliament Speaker László Kövér left for Romania on Tuesday to campaign for an ethnic Hungarian party despite already soured relations

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Economic volatility here to stay, World Bank report says

June 13, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

A positive start to 2012 has been reversed by a resurgence of tensions in the euro area, which have eroded

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