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  • Mar 19, 2010
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BULGARIA: Embezzling farm official gets four years

The former head of the State Agriculture Fund was sentenced yesterday to four years in jail for...

Bulgaria
  • Mar 18, 2010
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GREECE/IMF/GERMANY: Fund threat is Athens' bluff?

If Greece continues borrowing commercially, it will not be able to reduce its deficit, Prime...

Greece
  • Mar 18, 2010
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BALTIC STATES: Riga and Vilnius lose majorities

Valdis Dombrovskis is carrying on as Latvia's prime minister despite the collapse yesterday of...

  • Mar 17, 2010
  • 7 min read

GEORGIA: Nogaideli's Kremlin ties turn political game

Opposition politician Zurab Nogaideli was the clear target of Imedi TV's spoof news report of...

Georgia
  • Mar 17, 2010
  • 2 min read

EUROPE/GEORGIA: Six nations' police nab criminal gang

An international swoop has netted more than 80 suspected members of a Georgian criminal gang, the...

Georgia
  • Mar 17, 2010
  • 2 min read

EUROPEAN UNION: Commission faults government forecasts

Several governments' medium-term budget targets are over-optimistic, the European Commission said...

  • Mar 16, 2010
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HUNGARY: Fall in new car sales continues

New passenger car registrations were down in Hungary by 56% year-on-year in the first two months...

Hungary
  • Mar 16, 2010
  • 2 min read

EURO-AREA/GREECE: Ministers keep aid package vague

The "technical modalities" of coordinated action to come to Greece's aid quickly if needed were...

Greece