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Sofia raises ‘Capital of Culture’ stakes by promising four new museums by end of 2013

September 28, 2012September 28, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The contest among several Bulgarian cities to be named one of Europe’s capitals of culture in 2019 is a strange

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Prosecutors’ case sapped by witness testimony in Bulgarian radical Islam suit

September 27, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Witnesses in the case against 13 people accused of preaching radical Islam in Bulgaria took the stand on September 27,

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission names BCCI management members who worked for communist-era State Security

September 27, 2012September 27, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission, the body empowered by law to investigate and name people who worked with the country’s communist-era State

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Banking union plans irk Czech Republic

September 27, 2012May 22, 2013 Adela Zabrazna for The Prague Post

The European Union’s single currency zone may have avoided collapse by green-lighting key stabilisation and oversight mechanisms, but an ongoing

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Transnistria: A bottom-up solution

September 27, 2012June 2, 2013 Nicu Popescu and Leonid Litra, ECFR Moldova

In June 2010, German Chancellor Angela Merkel launched the Meseberg process. Under the plan, Russia would be included in European

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Archaeology: Early Christian baptismal fonts found at ancient fortress site in Bulgaria’s Byala

September 27, 2012September 27, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Varna archaeologists working at a site of an ancient fortress near Cape Saint Atanas in Byala on Bulgaria’s Black Sea

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Europe News 

Czech Republic partly lifts ban on sale of hard liquor

September 27, 2012May 23, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A partial easing of the Czech Republic’s ban on the sale of hard liquor made in the country comes into

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Europe News 

Hungarian government sends its economic policy proposals to IMF, EU

September 27, 2012May 22, 2013 The Budapest Times

The Hungarian government sent its proposals on Wednesday morning to the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission, Hungary’s chief

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Greek police clash with demonstrators against austerity measures

September 27, 2012September 27, 2012 Selah Hennessy VOANews

Clashes erupted between police and protesters in Greece on Wednesday, as citizens took to the streets to demonstrate against fresh

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