Russian parliament passes measure banning US adoptions
Russia’s parliament has approved a measure banning Americans from adopting Russian children. Lawmakers from Russia’s lower house of parliament, the
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Bulgaria faces new snowfalls overnight after day of traffic disruptions and power cuts in villages
Eastern Bulgaria was facing a night of heavy snowfalls that in combination with strong winds would mean snowdrifts, weather forecasters
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Bulgarian Cabinet mandates Defence Minister to negotiate purchase of fighter jets without calling tender
Bulgaria’s Cabinet, in a December 19 2012 decision, handed Defence Minister Anyu Angelov a mandate to negotiate the purchase of
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Gazprom cuts South Stream investment, bullish on rising exports – reports
Two weeks after the ceremonial welding of the first pipes of the South Stream pipeline, Russia’s state-owned gas company Gazprom
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EC proposes big horror pictures on cigarette packs, ban on flavoured tobacco
Horrific photographs depicting the consequences of smoking, covering most of the outside of cigarette packets, along with a ban on
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Romanian prime minister-designate announces line-up of expanded cabinet
Romania’s prime minister-designate Victor Ponta announced the line-up of an expanded government on December 19, the same day that the
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Bulgarian Parliament passes Asset Forfeiture Act amendments
Bulgaria’s Parliament passed at second reading on December 19 amendments to the Asset Forfeiture Act, the law regulating the confiscation
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More arrests of teenagers amid spate of hoax bomb calls in Bulgaria
Bulgarian police announced a series of arrests on December 18 2012 after separate incidents in which hoax bomb calls have
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Bulgaria, Serbia to work on good neighbourliness agreement
Bulgaria and Serbia have agreed that as soon as possible, they should sign a treaty on co-operation and good neighbourliness,
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