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Soros to economists: Germany can help Europe avoid depression

October 16, 2012May 22, 2013 Peter Fedynsky VOANews

Billionaire investor George Soros says Germany can help Europe avoid a depression by committing itself to helping the continent’s weaker

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Europe News 

EU widens sanctions against Iran, Syria

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

European Union foreign ministers announced on October 15 2012 that the bloc was increasing sanctions against Iran because of Teheran’s

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EU sanctions against Belarus extended to October 2013

October 16, 2012October 16, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Expressing grave concern about the continuing lack of respect for human rights in Belarus, European Union foreign ministers agreed on

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Bulgaria’s SME performance outdoes EU average, study finds

October 15, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s small, medium and micro enterprise (SME) sector has stabilised after the crisis with noticeably more businesses, jobs and value

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Bulgaria News 

New series of arrests of illegal immigrants by Bulgarian police near Turkish border

October 15, 2012October 15, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Recent days have seen a new series of arrests by Bulgarian border police of would-be illegal immigrants, mainly from Middle

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Europe News 

New move to scrap Schengen visa exemption for Serbians and Macedonians because of fake asylum claims

October 15, 2012June 2, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer European Commission, Macedonia, Schengen, Serbia

European Union interior ministers are to be asked at a meeting on October 25 2012 to consider revoking the Schengen

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Bulgaria News 

Sofia police arrest Bulgarian wanted by Dutch to serve jail term for organised crime

October 15, 2012October 15, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Police arrested a 40-year-old Bulgarian at a Sofia metro underground railway station, acting on an international arrest warrant issued by

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Bulgaria News 

‘Ten Days of Volunteering’ underway in Bulgaria

October 15, 2012October 15, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

October 13 saw the formal launch of “10 Days of Volunteering” a project marking 10 years of Volunteer Days in

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Skydiver breaks record for highest jump

October 15, 2012October 15, 2012 VOANews

Austrian Felix Baumgartner has become the first skydiver to break the speed of sound. Brian Utley of the International Federation

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