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‘Boom in Bulgarians buying second homes in Greece’ – report

June 25, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

There has been a boom in Bulgarians buying second homes in Greece after property prices in the country’s troubled southern

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Bulgaria Europe News World 

Ministers to brief EU council discussion on Syria about Lebanon, Iraq visits

June 25, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Three foreign ministers from European Union countries – Nikolai Mladenov of Bulgaria, Carl Bildt of Sweden and Poland’s Radoslaw Sikorski

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Bulgaria chooses representative for ‘FameLab Olympics’ in Dublin

June 25, 2012June 25, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Veterinary science graduate and FameLab alumnus Toma Shtilianov has been votedBulgaria’s representative to take part in the “Famelab Olympics” as

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Bulgaria News World 

Bulgaria joins condemnation of Syrian downing of Turkish aircraft

June 25, 2012June 24, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria condemns the downing of a Turkish aircraft by the Syrian air force and calls on the regime in Damascus

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Roma in firing line as Canada moves to end abuses

June 25, 2012June 24, 2012 Attila Leitner of The Budapest Times

The “Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act” has passed the vote in the country’s House of Commons and is heading to

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Slovak parliament approves European Stability Mechanism

June 25, 2012May 27, 2013 Jana Liptakova of the Slovak Spectator Slovakia

As expected, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), a permanent rescue fund proposed by eurozone countries to deal with the sovereign

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Europe News 

Greece’s new leaders to miss EU meeting

June 25, 2012May 27, 2013 VOANews Greece

Greece has run into a snag in its efforts to renegotiate its European-led bailout, as health problems sidelined the new

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European finance ministers meet on eurozone crisis

June 22, 2012May 27, 2013 Lisa Bryant of VOANews euro zone

European finance ministers are discussing how to tackle Europe’s sovereign debt and banking crisis during a two-day meeting in Luxembourg.

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The Putin Pendulum: Anti-White House – Pro American investment

June 22, 2012June 22, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

On Monday in Mexico, Vladimir Putin and Barrack Obama appeared together before the press. The Russian President leaned diagonally away

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