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Moody’s lowers ratings outlook for EU

September 4, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

Moody’s Investors Service on Monday lowered its ratings outlook for the European Union from stable to negative, as the bloc

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HRW report calls for Turkey to end impunity for state killings

September 3, 2012September 3, 2012 Dorian Jones of VOANews

U.S.-based Human Rights Watch is calling for Turkey’s government to hold to account those responsible for serious human-rights violations during the

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After new cocaine bust, Bulgaria vows to get Bulgarians out of international drugs trade

September 3, 2012September 4, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria is determined to get Bulgarians out of the international illegal drugs trade, Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov said a few

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Europe News 

EU moves a step closer to tighter limits on chemicals that can be used for home-made bombs

September 3, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A draft law to restrict the general public’s access to chemicals that can be used to make home-made explosives was

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Politics of Europe: Romania seems to stumble in three-legged race with Bulgaria

September 3, 2012June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

The pollsters have it that Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta’s leftist Social Democratic Party will win the largest share of

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Lufthansa cabin crew to go on strike again on September 4

September 3, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The Independent Flight Attendants Organisation (UFO) which represents most cabin crew employed by German airline Lufthansa said that there would

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EC unveils plan to allow wireless technologies, including broadband, to share radio spectrum

September 3, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission unveiled on September 3 2012 plans to deal with the exponential growth in mobile and wireless data

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Fulham’s Berbatov declines to return to Bulgarian national team

September 3, 2012September 3, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Dimitar Berbatov, newly signed at Fulham, said on September 3 2012 that he would not be returning to the Bulgarian

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Bulgaria News 

Reslessly wron: A new photo gallery of ‘English’ signs in Bulgaria

September 3, 2012September 3, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Whether you have risked a reslessly sea or a violently sea (in the latter, swimming is absolute prohibit), remember that

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