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Hungarian wine goes online

July 5, 2012May 6, 2013 The Budapest Times

The government launched on Monday an official website that aims to promote Hungarian wine domestically and internationally. The site, bor.hu,

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Turkish F4 Phantom jet photo Arpingstone
Europe News 

Turkey locates pilots’ bodies

July 5, 2012July 5, 2012 Dorian Jones of VOANews

Turkey says it has found the bodies of the two pilots whose jet was shot down by Syrian forces last

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Bulgaria News 

Vitosha fire rages on, authorities accused of poor organisation

July 4, 2012July 4, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The fight against the forest fire on Vitosha mountain near Bulgarian capital Sofia continued for a fourth day on July

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European Commission proposes financial consumer protection package

July 4, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission has proposed a package of legislative measures that aims to increase consumer protection in the financial services

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission unmasks former communist spies among trade union confederation

July 4, 2012July 4, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Eight people who had occupied leadership positions in the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria (CITUB) had worked for

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Europe News 

Romanian parliament moves to impeach president

July 4, 2012 Alex Bivol

Romania’s ruling coalition tabled on July 4 a motion to suspend president Traian Basescu and was expected to hold a

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former imf managing director Rodrigo Rato
Europe News World 

Spanish bank fraud investigation targets ex-IMF chief Rato

July 4, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

A Spanish court has launched a fraud investigation against former executives of key lender Bankia, including the one-time chief of

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Bulgaria News 

Temperature records set in Bulgaria with more sweltering heat to come

July 4, 2012July 4, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Four temperature records were registered across Bulgaria by the mid-afternoon of July 4 2012, the National Institute of Meteorology and

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Bulgaria News 

Another Brit falls from balcony at Bulgarian Black Sea resort

July 4, 2012July 4, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A 21-year-old British tourist fell from the balcony of his hotel in the Bulgarian Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach

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