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Protesters block dismantling part of Berlin Wall

March 3, 2013March 3, 2013 Michael Scaturro of VOANews

Protesters in Berlin are trying to stop developers from dismantling one of the longest remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall.  

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria set for national day – and nationwide protests – on March 3

March 2, 2013March 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Solemn state ceremonials, protests in all major cities and a march by ultra-nationalists Ataka are all scheduled for Bulgaria’s national

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Controversy over Macedonia’s 2013 Eurovision song contest entry

March 2, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

A video for Macedonia’s entry for the 2013 Eurovision song contest, Vlato “Lozano” Lozanoski and Esma Redžepova’s Imperija (“Empire”), was

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Europe News 

Serbian scandal highlights fungal poison danger

March 2, 2013May 27, 2013 Steve Baragona of VOANews Serbia

A scandal over contaminated milk in the Balkans highlights a global threat to food safety: Aflatoxins are naturally occurring poisons

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Democracy making strides in former Soviet Armenia

March 2, 2013March 2, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

Twenty-one years after gaining independence from the Soviet Union, Armenia may be coming of age. It is developing a more

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria lowers investment certificate thresholds

March 1, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s acting Cabinet approved on March 1 a series of changes to the regulations on the implementation of the Investment

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s political crisis: Of a public council, public enemies and protests against a protester

March 1, 2013March 1, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The first day of March and the latest day of Bulgaria’s national political crisis produced another round of developments and

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria’s utility regulator proposes 5.3-5.8% electricity price cut

March 1, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) said on March 1 that it has proposed an electricity price cut

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Some protest organisers, trade union leader, walk out of Plevneliev’s ‘public council’

March 1, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Some of the leaders of recent nationwide protests invited to take part in President Rossen Plevneliev’s “public council” walked out

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