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Day: May 1, 2013

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Russia Watch: After Boston’s bombs, Russia’s world class sports events face big security challenges

May 1, 2013May 27, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia

Back in the sunny days before the Boston Marathon bombings, Vladimir Putin, an avid sportsman, decided that the best way

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Ognian Zlatev takes office as new head of EC representation in Bulgaria

May 1, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

Ognian Zlatev took office on May 1 2013 as the new head of the European Commission’s (EC) Representation in Sofia,

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Bulgaria News 

Labour ‘humiliated’ in Bulgaria, socialists say at May Day rally

May 1, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sergei Stanishev

Never has labour in Bulgaria been so humiliated, having to choose between paying their electricity bills or buying food, Bulgarian

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Bulgaria News 

Tsvetanov ‘ready to give up immunity from prosecution after elections are over’

May 1, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetan Tsvetanov

A day after prosecutors said that they had enough evidence to charge former interior minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov with crimes in

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Europe News 

Cyprus approves international bailout

May 1, 2013May 27, 2013 Selah Hennessy of VOANews Cyprus

The Cypriot parliament approved an international bailout Tuesday in a very close vote, with just over half of lawmakers voting

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