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IMF predicts modest global economic growth in 2013

January 24, 2013 VOANews

The International Monetary Fund says global economic growth will strengthen gradually this year. Wednesday’s report from the IMF says global

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Poland should not rush to set date for euro adoption – President

January 24, 2013May 22, 2013 The Warsaw Voice

Poland should decide whether to join the euro zone after the parliamentary and presidential elections in 2015, President Bronislaw Komorowski

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Wizz Air seeks troubled AeroSvit’s routes

January 24, 2013 Svitlana Tuchynska of The Kyiv Post

AeroSvit, which is undergoing bankruptcy proceedings and has abandoned many of its routes, may never get them back. Wizz Air,

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Swissport under ‘hostile corporate raider attack’ in Ukraine

January 24, 2013 Mark Rachkevych of The Kyiv Post

Global airport cargo handler Swissport International Limited is accusing its local Ukrainian business partner, Ukraine International Airlines and its owner

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Slovenian government on verge of collapse

January 24, 2013 VOANews

Slovenia’s conservative government is on the verge of collapse after a junior partner quit the coalition Wednesday. The Civic List

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‘No alternative to dialogue’ between Belgrade and Priština, Serbia’s deputy PM tells European Parliament committee

January 24, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

There is no alternative to dialogue and pragmatic co-operation between Serbia and Kosovo, Suzana Grubjesic, Serbia’s deputy Prime Minister for

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Bulgaria reopens embassy in Baghdad during Foreign Minister’s visit to Iraq

January 23, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Mladenov

The Bulgarian embassy in Baghdad has reopened, after a hiatus of close to 10 years, during a visit to Iraq

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Opinion poll projects low turnout for Bulgaria’s nuclear referendum

January 23, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Between 27 per cent and 37 per cent of Bulgarians intended to vote in Bulgaria’s referendum on January 27 2013

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Bulgarian Cabinet appoints new asset forfeiture commission chief

January 23, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has removed Plamen Dimitrov as Deputy Justice Minister and appointed him as the new chairperson of

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