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Bulgaria, Switzerland to update double-taxation treaty

July 26, 2012July 26, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on July 25 the draft of the updated treaty with Switzerland on avoiding double taxation of income

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian MPs reject motion of no confidence

July 26, 2012July 26, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Parliament voted down on July 25 a motion of no confidence in the Government of Prime Minister Boiko Borissov,

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Bulgaria News World 

Israeli security consultant: ‘Security at Bourgas airport failed’

July 25, 2012 Alex Bivol

The security at Bourgas airport, where a terrorist attack the took the lives of five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian

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Bulgaria News World 

Bulgaria condemns spate of bomb attacks in Iraq

July 25, 2012July 26, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria categorically condemns the series of bombings and attacks in Iraq in recent days in which more than 100 Iraqi

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Europe News World 

UN chief Ban’s Balkans odyssey

July 25, 2012July 25, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The Macedonia name dispute, relations between Serbia and Kosovo and “bridges” to a European future have all been on the

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian MPs vote new Forestry Act amendments

July 25, 2012July 25, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Parliament voted at first reading the new amendments to the Forestry Act on July 25, replacing the controversial set

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Europe News 

Polish MPs reject controversial bill on civil unions

July 25, 2012July 25, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

Polish deputies Tuesday rejected proposed legislation to introduce civil unions, a decision welcomed by Poland’s powerful conservatives, who oppose same-sex

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Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras
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Greek PM Samaras predicts economic growth by 2014

July 25, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is pledging that the economy in his recession-plagued country can start to grow again by

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Europe News 

Germany’s credit warning underscores euro zone problems

July 25, 2012May 22, 2013 Lisa Bryant of VOANews

Stock markets and the euro currency dipped Tuesday after the international financial-rating agency Moody’s lowered its credit outlook for Europe’s

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