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Day: January 27, 2013

Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s pro-Belene camp hails referendum result as defeat for PM Borissov

January 27, 2013 Alex Bivol

Despite low turnout in Bulgaria’s first post-communist referendum, supporters of the Belene nuclear project hailed the result as a major

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s nuclear referendum fiasco: We could have used the money better, PM Borissov says

January 27, 2013January 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

In the first hours after polls closed in Bulgaria’s national referendum on the future of nuclear energy in the country,

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s nuclear referendum implodes?

January 27, 2013January 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Preliminary results in Bulgaria’s January 27 2013 referendum on the future of nuclear energy in the country showed a 60

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Russia Watch: Obama II downgrades relations with Russia’s Kremlin?

January 27, 2013January 28, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

Scenes from three weeks of watching US-Russia relations in New York, Washington and Moscow:  Kate, an old high school

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EU ambassador in Kyiv: Tymoshenko, Lutsenko among ‘biggest burdens’ for Ukraine

January 27, 2013January 28, 2013 Maryna Irkliyenko of the Kyiv Post

Jan Tombinski took up the post of European Union ambassador to Ukraine in September as Ukraine’s relations with the 27-nation

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Europe News 

Dave the Hero! Hungary’s Jobbik applauds EU referendum plan in UK

January 27, 2013January 28, 2013 The Budapest Times

British Prime Minister David Cameron may unwittingly have become a poster boy for Europe’s extreme right after promising a referendum

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Nato says missiles operational on Turkey-Syria border

January 27, 2013June 2, 2013 VOANews Nato, Syria

Nato says the first of six missile defense batteries sent to Turkey to intercept possible rockets fired from Syria is

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Business Europe News World 

Davos World Economic Forum summit ends with new warnings on global economy

January 27, 2013June 2, 2013 VOANews IMF

International financial leaders have wrapped up the World Economic Forum meeting in Switzerland with warnings that much remains to be

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