Protestants and Roman Catholics worldwide prepare for Easter on March 31
Many Christians around the world are preparing to celebrate Easter this Sunday. It is the central holiday of the Christian
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Global credit card fraud network bust, with arrests in Romania
Forty-four members of a global credit card fraud network have been arrested in a joint operation co-ordinated by the Romanian
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Global economy improving but Europe lags behind, OECD says
Global economic activity is picking up, but the continuing crisis in the euro area is delaying a meaningful recovery, the
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Cyprus crisis burns Russian investors
For years, construction companies in Cyprus lured Russians to invest in the Mediterranean island. Over the last decade, 40,000 Russians
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Bulgaria will not initiate procedure for EU to declare Hezbollah a terrorist organisation, caretaker PM Raykov says
Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Marin Raykov has reiterated that his country will not initiate the procedure for the European Union
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Capital controls in Cyprus necessary now but should be lifted as soon as possible, EC says
The European Commission sees the capital controls imposed in Cyprus as necessary for now under the circumstances but says that
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ICTY jails two former high-ranking Bosnian Serbs for war crimes
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, in a judgment on March 27, sentenced two former high-level Bosnian Serb
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EU officials: Cyprus, lenders reach bailout deal
Cyprus has avoided bankruptcy by agreeing to a bailout deal that includes the closing of the island nation’s second largest
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New map suggests universe older than estimated
Scientists from the European and U.S. space agencies say ESA’s Planck space telescope has yielded the most detailed map ever
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