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Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court nominee withdraws as investigations loom

December 11, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol judiciary

Bulgarian prosecutor Galya Gougousheva, nominated for the vacant seat on the country’s Constitutional Court, has formally withdrawn her candidacy on

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Bulgaria’s food safety agency begins large-scale checks ahead of Festive Season

December 11, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Food Safety Agency is beginning large-scale checks at restaurants, shops and all facilities where food is sold ahead of

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Battle lines drawn as Bulgaria approaches rethink on smoking ban

December 11, 2012June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff smoking

A Bulgarian lobby group against allowing smoking in public places has called for support for a protest in front of

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Bulgaria and Italy in police special operation to detain people wanted under European arrest warrants

December 11, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A police operation co-ordinated by Europol was taking place in Bulgaria and Italy on December 11 2012, aimed at taking

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Moldova overtakes Ukraine on road to Europe

December 11, 2012June 2, 2013 Annabelle Chapman of the Kyiv Post Moldova, Ukraine

As Ukraine’s relations with the European Union remain frosty, its smaller neighbour Moldova is taking the limelight. The country of

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Poland asks EU to pressure Moscow for Smolensk wreckage

December 11, 2012May 22, 2013 The Warsaw Voice

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said Monday he asked EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to formally raise the issue

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EU receives 2012 Nobel Peace Prize

December 10, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

The European Union has received this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for turning Europe “from a continent of war to a

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Ukrainian porn star refused asylum in EU

December 10, 2012May 22, 2013 Olga Rudenko of The Kyiv Post

Anastasia Grishay, 27, was refused asylum in the Czech Republic after she fled criminal charges for producing and distributing pornography

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Borissov to attend ceremony conferring Nobel Peace Prize on EU

December 10, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov is visiting Norway on December 10 and 11 2012 and would attend the ceremony at

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