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Day: May 14, 2013

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Eurovision 2013: First semi-final contestants through to finals

May 14, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

After the first semi-final in Eurovision 2013, on May 14, the countries that will go through to the finals in

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Europe News 

Hungary: Massive VAT fraud over Slovak border

May 14, 2013May 22, 2013 Robert Hodgson of The Budapest Times Hungary, Slovakia

The number of lorries entering Hungary from Slovakia has fallen by 25 per cent during the three months since customs

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Europe News World 

Interpol meeting in Budapest to steer European collaborative strategy against transnational crime

May 14, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Senior law enforcement officials from throughout Europe are gathering in Budapest for the 42nd Interpol European Regional Conference in order

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Business News World 

OECD sees mostly improving global economy

May 14, 2013May 15, 2013 VOANews

A new report is pointing toward improving economic fortunes throughout much of the world. The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: Notes from the aftermath

May 14, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

From The Sofia Globe’s post-election notebook, May 14, two days after Bulgaria’s national parliamentary elections: * The Bulgarian Socialist Party

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Europe News 

One- and two-euro cent coins headed for change?

May 14, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

One and two euro cent coins may be headed for the scrapheap, depending on the outcome of an investigation by

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Kosovo PM Thaçi to visit Bulgaria for talks with Prime Minister, President

May 14, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Kosovo, Marin Raykov, Rossen Plevneliev

Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi is to pay a one-day visit to Bulgaria on May 15, will hold talks with

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s political drama: Of snakes and mongooses, and King Cnut

May 14, 2013May 14, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

A coalition involving both the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) and Volen Siderov’s ultra-nationalists Ataka is unthinkable because of

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News Sport World 

Russia Watch: Russia promotes safe Olympics, downplays Caucasus link

May 14, 2013February 6, 2014 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, Sochi Olympics

Why was British Prime Minister David Cameron helicoptering around the Caucasus Mountains recently with Russian President Vladimir Putin? Ostensibly Putin,

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