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Russia Watch: Moscow – Turning Europe’s largest city into Eurasia’s world class city

July 3, 2012July 3, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

Moscow is easily at its best in the summer – lots of green, less traffic, stylish clothes, plenty of energy,

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Europe News 

UN expert urges Turkey, EU to prioritise human rights of migrants

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

The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, has called on Turkey and the European Union

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Europe News World 

Kosovo granted full sovereignty

July 3, 2012July 3, 2012 VOANews

The multi-national group supervising Kosovo’s independence has decided to grant it full rights of national sovereignty as of September. The

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New EU caps on data roaming go into effect

July 2, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

European Union’s first step towards drastically reduced data roaming charges went into effect on July 1, making it cheaper to

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EU unemployment hits new record high of 10.3%

July 2, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Unemployment in the European Union was 10.3 per cent in May 2012, the highest since EU statistics office Eurostat started

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Bulgaria News 

Volunteers join in to fight forest fire on Mount Vitosha

July 2, 2012July 2, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

About 350 people, nearly a third of them volunteers, were fighting a forest fire on Mount Vitosha near the village

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Bulgaria’s President Plevneliev visiting Germany

July 2, 2012July 2, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev is visiting Germany on July 2 and 3 2012 at the invitation of his German counterpart

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian PM inspects archaeological site at Struma motorway

July 2, 2012June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, motorways

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Lilyana Pavlova and Minister of Culture Vezhdi Rashidov

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Sand sculpture festival opens in Bulgaria’s Bourgas

July 2, 2012July 2, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Sculptures of Aladdin and Harlequin are to open the sand festival in the Bulgarian Black Sea coastal city of Bourgas,

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