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Kosovo, Serb Universities Exchange Documents

The University of Pristina has gotten back thousands of documents that were removed by the Serbs during the conflict in the late 1990s, with the help an NGO. SPARK NGO, a non-profit organisation that supports people in post-conflict regions by building the capacity of local economic and educational institutions, helped …

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Bulgaria’s Economy Grew 6% in 2008

Bulgaria’s economy grew by an annual rate of six per cent in 2008, making the country the fastest growing economy in the European Union. The annual growth figure was dragged lower by slower growth of 3.5 per cent in the forth quarter, half the rate of growth that was recorded …

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Weak Leu Drives Romania’s Inflation Higher

Romania’s annual inflation rate rose slightly to 6.9 per cent in February from 6.7 per cent in January, primarily due to the weakening of the national currency, the leu. The National Statistics Institute, INS, also said on Wednesday that the rise in inflation in February was due to an increase …

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