EU uneasy over killings in Bulgaria
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In this poor Balkan country set to join the European Union in January, brazen slayings &#151; along with gang shootouts and car and apartment bombings &#151; have almost become part of the fabric of everyday life.
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France on Friday extradited to Bulgaria Vasil Kachikov, a Bulgarian national suspected of complicity in the assassination of one of his country's underworld bosses in Amsterdam about a year ago.
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Hundreds of taxi drivers block roads in Bulgaria's capital, Sofia, in protest at the killing of a colleague.
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Politics: 11 November 2004, Thursday. Organized crime groups in Bulgaria are not strong enough to threaten the economic and financial stability of the country, Bulgaria's Parliamentary Speaker Ognian Gerdzhikov ...
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The European Union does not support the  idea of using assassinations in the fight against terrorism, EU  Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini was quoted as saying on  Thursday.
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BUCHAREST, Aug 30 (IPS) - Recent violent episodes involving Roma in Bulgaria  emphasise the deep prejudice against this ethnic group, as well  as politicians' intention to turn anti-Roma feelings into  electoral gains.
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ELDORET, Kenya  - The European Union's chief election monitor in Kenya on Friday condemned clashes that have killed hundreds and displaced thousands in the run-up to a December 27 presidential and parliamentary election.
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For the Record: 28 October 2004, Thursday. A day after the body of Bulgaria's seventh fatality in Iraq was returned to Sofia, a new round of soul-searching among Bulgarians set off about their country's ...
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Politics: 20 September 2004, Monday. Fears of terror attacks against Bulgaria and its citizens have considerably increased, a survey of polling agency Alpha Research shows.
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NATO may be handing peacekeeping duties in Bosnia to the EU this week, but it will continue searching for alleged war criminals, raising questions over who will control the manhunt.
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Politics: 18 October 2004, Monday. The five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya could only provisionally count on the support of the European officials, Switzerland's Neue Zuercher Zeitung reports.
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As Bulgaria prepares for EU entry, people queuing for visas outside the UK embassy doubt there will be an exodus of migrants.
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Workers sandblast decades of muck and grime off Bulgaria's imposing Palace of Justice. It's a fitting metaphor for the country's mad scramble to clean up rampant corruption and crime before it joins the European Union on Jan. 1.
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ELDORET, Kenya  - The European Union's chief election monitor in Kenya on Friday condemned clashes that have killed hundreds and displaced thousands in the run-up to the December 27 national election.
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The European Commission will criticise newest members Bulgaria and Romania for failing to curb corruption.
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Bulgaria in Brief: 14 November 2004, Sunday. Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov signed a Book of Condolence which was opened in the Palestinian Embassy in Sofia after the death of Palestinian leader Yasser ...
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Europe&#39;s show of unity with Vladimir Putin was shattered yesterday when Russia accused the European Union of &#39;blasphemy&#39; for demanding an explanation of how the Beslan school hostage crisis ended in massacre.