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The Marshall Plan, Bretton Woods and the EU
Europe needs a huge amount of money to deal with the pandemic and its consequences. Just as urgently, it needs to establish the mechanisms to collect and distribute those funds.
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Bulgaria Marks 144 Years since the April Uprising
On April 20, 1876, Bulgaria marks 144 years since the April Uprising broke out in Koprivshtitsa, thanks to which Bulgaria appeared on the map of Europe.
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World Bank projecting Romania's economic growth at 0.3pct in 2020
The World Bank has revised significantly its estimates of the Romanian economy's advance this year, down to 0.3 percent from 3.8 percent, as projected three months ago, but growth would gradually bounce back in the second half of 2020 and further accelerate in 2021 to 4.4 percent, according to the World Bank's economic update spring 2020.
Karahantepe on way to be new face of Turkey
Karahantepe ancient site in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, which is home to more than 250 Neolithic-era T-shaped obelisks similar to the ones in the world-famous Göbeklitepe, is on the way to become the new face of Turkey.
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Global financial system in rough seas
Policy makers across the world are moving quickly to provide financial support to their economies, which are, in all likelihood, in deep recession. Given the unprecedented economic uncertainty associated with Covid-19, the depth and breadth of the downturn is hard to quantify. However, the global economic recession is unlikely to be short-lived.
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Volunteers Help North Macedonia’s Elderly Survive Lockdown
"I don't want to risk going to my doctor and I need therapy. Please go to my doctor so she can prescribe my medication, because I only have pills left for three days."
This was one of the calls that the Red Cross's municipal HQ in the Skopje municipality of Karposh received on Wednesday morning.
EU’s top diplomat to hold talks in Ankara
The European Union's foreign policy and security high representative, Josep Borrell, and its commissioner for crisis management, Janez Lenarcic, will hold talks in Turkey after the Turkish government decided to open its borders to Europe to refugees late last week.
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UPDATE/EC: Romania doesn't comply with deficit criterion and launch of excessive deficit procedure is warranted
The fiscal budgetary strategy for 2020-2022, adopted by the Government on 10 December 2019 and sent to Parliament, stipulates a deficit target of 3.8 percent of the GDP in 2019, a figure which, according to the European Commission, provides prima facie evidence of the existence of an excessive deficit in Romania, according to a report adopted by the European Commission on Friday.
EU signals willingness to ease Greek budget targets
The European Union's new economy commissioner says Greece's bailout lenders are willing to discuss a request by Athens to ease strict budget targets that would help speed up the country's recovery.
Painting featuring Jesus seized in Turkey’s Mersin
The Turkish security forces have seized a painting featuring the figures of Jesus and Virgin Mary in an operation in the southern province of Mersin, home to thousands of years of history.
The painting is carved on wood and dates back to the 11th and 13th centuries.
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