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EU rebukes Google on its privacy policy

October 17, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

Data protection agencies in Europe have concluded that Google’s new privacy policy does not comply with the continent’s laws, but

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Iran criticises latest EU sanctions

October 17, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

Iran has criticized the latest round of sanctions aimed at pressuring the country to curb its nuclear program. Foreign Ministry

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Controversial former Bulgarian foreign minister nominated for second EPP term – report

October 16, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol

Bulgaria’s ruling party GERB has nominated Roumyana Zheleva, a former foreign minister and failed European Commissioner-designate, for a second term

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EU annual inflation stays flat in September, Bulgarian CPI up

October 16, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Annual inflation was unchanged in September, both in the euro zone and the European Union as a whole, but the

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Bulgarian Defence Minister Angelov taking fighter jet acquisition plan to Cabinet

October 16, 2012October 16, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Facing Nato member Bulgaria’s continuing shortcoming in fighter jets, Defence Minister Anyu Angelov has revived moves for the country to

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Power substation explodes in Bulgaria’s Bourgas, damaging apartments, shops and cars

October 16, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

An electricity power substation in a residential building exploded in the early hours of the morning of October 16 2012

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‘EU Prosecutor’, new legal definitions among proposals for EU to fight organised crime

October 16, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A European Union-wide definition of mafia-related crimes, the possibility of seizing criminal assets and using them to benefit the community,

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Polish firms to invest 1.2 billion euro in shale gas projects by 2016

October 16, 2012May 22, 2013 The Warsaw Voice energy

Polish firms will invest in shale gas projects five billion zloty (about 1.22 billion euro) by 2016, but eventually investments

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Canada won’t force Roma to return to Hungary: Balog

October 16, 2012 Benedicte Williams of The Budapest Times

There will be no mass return of Hungarian Roma once Canada implements stricter immigration rules, Minister of Human Resources Zoltán

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