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Europol issues warning to computer users on police ransomware malware scam

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

Europol has issued a warning to computer users about the police “ransomware” malware scam that seeks to defraud people of

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Europe News 

Opposition leading in Lithuanian elections, according to exit polls

October 15, 2012October 15, 2012 VOANews

Lithuania’s left-wing opposition has taken the lead in Sunday’s parliamentary elections. Exit polls show the left-wing Labor Party in first

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Europe News 

Montenegro ruling party set to keep power

October 15, 2012October 15, 2012 VOANews

Montenegro’s ruling coalition has taken a strong lead in Sunday’s parliamentary election. Exit polls show the center-left Democratic Party of

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Bulgaria News 

Archaeology: Ancient lamp in the shape of a dog found at Bulgaria’s Deultum Roman site

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

Archaeologists working at the site of the Roman baths in Deultum, an ancient settlement about 17km south-west of Bourgas on

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Archaeology: Tomb in northern Greece could be that of widow and son of Alexander the Great, reports say

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

Archaeologists are reserving judgment but Greek and Bulgarian media have reported that a tomb found in the town of Amphipolis

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Europe News 

EU: Ukraine elections a ‘litmus test’ of democratic credentials

October 15, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

The European Union says upcoming parliamentary elections in Ukraine will be a “litmus test” of the country’s democratic credentials, and

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria’s ruling party under siege over deposit interest tax plans

October 12, 2012 Alex Bivol

Two days after Bulgaria’s Cabinet announced the plans to introduce a 10 per cent tax on all income from deposit

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgarian Parliament passes amendments to Investment Promotion Act

October 12, 2012November 28, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament passed at first reading on October 12 a bill of amendments to the Investment Promotion Act, meant to

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Bulgarians can join in congratulating themselves on Nobel Peace Prize award to EU, Foreign Minister Mladenov says

October 12, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The awarding of the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union is acknowledgment for all of us that we

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