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Two employees accused of embezzling 371 000 leva from Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

November 20, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A cashier and the chief accountant of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences’ (BAS) institute for experimental morphology, pathology and anthropology

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MEPs call for common fees for card payments

November 20, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Future EU rules for card payments should be modelled on those for cross-border bank transfers, so as to make paying

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France downplays Moody’s downgrade

November 20, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A day after credit ratings agency Moody’s downgraded French government bonds by one notch below the triple-A top ranking, French

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Easier resolution of cross-border legal disputes in EU a step closer

November 20, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission’s proposals to help businesses and consumers resolve cross-border legal disputes more easily got overwhelming support in a

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Europe News 

US and EU sign joint declaration on making the internet safer for children

November 20, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

European Commission Vice President for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes and US homeland security secretary Janet Napolitano signed a joint declaration

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New rules make it easier for EU expatriates to stand in European Parliament elections in another country

November 20, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

It will now be easier for European Union citizens living in another EU member state to stand as candidates in

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Bulgaria News 

Former Bulgarian president Stoyanov nominated for Constitutional Court

November 20, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol judiciary

Bulgaria’s centre-right Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) nominated on November 20 former president Petar Stoyanov to fill the Constitutional Court

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Croatian former PM Sanader jailed for 10 years for bribery, ordered to pay millions to state

November 20, 2012November 20, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A court in Zagreb has sentenced Ivo Sanader, who was the country’s prime minister from 2003 to 2009, to 10

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Russia Watch: Judge a regime by its heroes: Moscow — 1962, Moscow 2012

November 20, 2012November 20, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

For Moscow of 1962 – it was Yuri Gagarin. With his wide, easy grin, Gagarin was an internationally renowned poster

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