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Bulgaria urges harder EU stance on Hezbollah
EurActiv 19 February 2013
Bulgaria urged European governments on Monday (18 February) to take a harder stance towards Hezbollah after blaming the Lebanese Islamist movement for a bus bombing that 
Bulgarian FM urges EU to stop Hezbollah
The Jerusalem Post 19 February 2013
By TOVAH LAZAROFF, HILARY LEILA KRIEGER
The European Union should take collective action against Hezbollah, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov said on Monday morning. He spoke with reporters as he walked 
France considers recognition of Hezbollah as terror group
Ynetnews 18 February 2013
French Foreign Ministry spokesman Philippe Lalliot said Saturday that his country was considering to officially recognize Hezbollah a terror organization if the organization 
Europe's Learning Curve on Hezbollah
Huffington Post UK 15 February 2013
By Leo Cendrowicz
It's taken decades, but Europe is nearly ready to admit it: Hezbollah is terrorist group, and should be treated with stern diligence It was the Bulgaria hit that did it. 
Bulgarian government denies meetings with Hamas
Jerusalem Post 15 February 2013
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
The Bulgarian government flatly rejected on Thursday reports that meetings between official representatives of the government and Hamas officials took place. Vessela 
Illegal mosques financed by Saudis springing up near you
MINA 14 February 2013
Macedonia may need to follow Switzerland and ban the building of new mosques in the country. If the Swiss can do it and be applauded by the rest of Europe why can't we? 
Kosovo Radical Islamists In New Political Offensive
The Weekly Standard 14 February 2013
Kosovo, the Albanian-majority Balkan republic, is probably best known for its fervent pro-Americanism, understandable given the role of U.S.-led NATO forces in assisting its 
Production of halal items a boost to Bosnia
Southeast European Times 14 February 2013
By Ana Lovakovic
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has become a regional leader in the production of halal-certified products, and continued development of the sector is an important part of the 
Hamas reportedly to meet Bulgaria lawmakers
JPost.com 14 February 2013
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH
Terror group's representatives arrive in Bulgaria to present "Palestinian narrative and expose the false Israeli narrative." Hamas officials who arrived in Bulgaria on Wednesday 
Prosor to EU: Declare Hezbollah 'terrorists'
JPost.com 14 February 2013
By MICHAEL WILNER
At a UN Security Council discussion on the protection of civilians in armed conflict on Tuesday, Ambassador to the UN Ron Prosor renewed his call for Hezbollah to be designated 
Four Muslims arrested for war crimes in Bosnia
RAPSI 13 February 2013
By Yulia Petrovskaya
The State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) on Tuesday arrested four Bosnian Muslims in the town of Bihac, in northwest Bosnia and Herzegovina, on suspicion of 
German politicians urge EU to blacklist Hezbollah
JPost.com 13 February 2013
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
After Bulgaria’s interior minister said last week that Hezbollah operatives were involved in last year’s deadly terror attack on the European country’s soil, a number of German 
EU’s Hezbollah policy has a steep price
The CJN 12 February 2013
By Paul Michaels
Bulgaria’s release of a report blaming Hezbollah for the bombing of a tourist bus in the city of Burgas last July that killed five Israelis and the Bulgarian bus driver has 
Radical Islam surging in Balkans - Region has long history of Islamist concentration
WND 11 February 2013
By F. Michael Maloof
Editor’s Note: The following report is excerpted from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin, the premium online newsletter published by the founder of WND. Subscriptions are $99 a year 
Bulgaria to brief EU ministers on bus bombing
Salon 11 February 2013
Bulgaria’s foreign minister says he will brief his EU colleagues on the results of the probe that linked the Shiite group Hezbollah to last year’s bus bombing that killed five 
Hezbollah Bombs Europe
theTrumpet.com 8 February 2013
By Anthony Chibarirwe
Hezbollah being implicated in a bus bomb attack that killed five Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last July is now putting pressure on the European Union to take a tougher stance against the Lebanon-based, Iran-funded "Party of Allah.”
Findings from a six-month probe into the attack, announced Tuesday by Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov, found "obvious links” between two of the attackers and Hezbollah. 
WaPo gives Hezb'allah Terrorist Killings the Chamberlain Treatment
American Thinker 8 February 2013
By Leo Rennert
Hezb'allah is a terrorist group with a global reach. Except for al-Qaeda, it has murdered more Americans than any other terrorist group. Thus, it comes as no surprise that 
Europe's Hezbollah Problem
Foreign Policy 7 February 2013
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
SOFIA, Bulgaria — Since the Lebanese political movement Hezbollah's inception in 1982, the group's relations with the European Union have been characterized by a fragmented 
Time for EU to call Hezbollah a terrorist group
MiamiHerald.com 7 February 2013
By BRIAN SIEGAL
Last July, a bomb went off in Burgas, Bulgaria, killing five Israeli tourists and their Bulgarian bus driver, and wounding dozens more. After a six-month investigation, 
Police join hunt for alleged Australian bomb-maker
The Age 7 February 2013
By David Wroe
AUSTRALIAN police have joined the hunt for an Australian suspected bomb-maker over an alleged Hezbollah terrorist attack in Bulgaria last year as experts warned of broader 



