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European Parliament approves better terms for EU firms doing business with Russia

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

European Union firms will now enjoy better terms when doing business with Russia, under three deals endorsed by members of

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Rosen Plevneliev president of Bulgaria
Bulgaria Europe News 

Bulgaria will support Greece on the way to new economic growth, Plevneliev says

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

Bulgaria will support Greece on its way to new economic growth in the spirit of pan-European efforts, just as Bulgaria

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Europe News 

European Parliament rejects ACTA in landslide vote

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

European Parliament voted on July 4 to reject the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), the international treaty that internet freedom groups

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CERN finds new subatomic particle ‘consistent with Higgs boson’

July 4, 2012 Alex Bivol

The hunt for the most elusive subatomic particle of them all might finally caught its quarry, as the European Organisation

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Business Europe News 

MEPs urged not to vote down ACTA

July 4, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol

European trade commissioner Karel de Gucht delivered an impassioned plea to the European Parliament on July 3, asking MEPs not

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Watchdog slams Kosovo parliament decision on including media articles in criminal code

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

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), deplores the June 22

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Rosen Plevneliev, President of the Republic of Bulgaria
Bulgaria Europe News 

Bulgaria’s President Plevneliev visiting Greece

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

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev is to pay an official visit to Greece on July 4 and 5 2012 at the

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Business Europe News 

Amid crisis, Poland bucks the trend: FT

July 4, 2012July 4, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

Poland is solidifying its position as the European Union’s fastest growing economy and is the most resilient of the ex-communist

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Europe News 

Gay games upsets Hungary’s Jobbik

July 4, 2012July 4, 2012 The Budapest Times

The Budapest City Council caucus of radical right-wing party Jobbik has said that the 14th EuroGames – a gay and

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