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Turkish court merges Ergenekon, Council of State attack cases

ANKARA, Turkey A court decided on Monday (April 20th) to merge the case involving a deadly 2006 attack on judges from the country’s top administrative court with the ongoing Ergenekon investigation. On May 17th 2006, a gunman stormed into the Council of State in Ankara, killing a senior judge and …

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Belgium maintains labour restrictions on Romanians, Bulgarians

BRUSSELS, Belgium The government announced on Monday (April 20th) it has decided to maintain labour restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian workers. It will lift the restrictions on eight new EU member states, but the newest — Bulgaria and Romania — are not among them, the government said.

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No date announced for return of customs officials to northern Kosovo

PRISTINA, Kosovo Officials have again failed to provide a date when customs officials will return to northern points at the border with Serbia. During a meeting Monday (April 20th) with the head of the Customs Administration, Naim Huruglica and police chief Sheremet Ahmeti, Prime Minister Hashim Thaci promised that the …

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