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Day: May 23, 2013

Europe News 

Amnesty International: Relations between Albanians and Macedonians have deteriorated

May 23, 2013May 27, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Amnesty International has launched criticism and expressed its concern about the state of human rights and the deterioration of inter

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Europe News 

Forms of legal prostitution heighten human trafficking risks in poorer EU states

May 23, 2013May 24, 2013 Clare Speak of The Prague Post

When an Austrian businessman announced plans to transform the sex industry from “grocer to supermarket” by opening Europe’s largest brothel

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Leisure 

What’s on: Rock Voyeurs at Rossini

May 23, 2013May 24, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

In typical rock concert fashion, newly-opened Rossini makes its entrance to Sofia’s art exhibitions scene with a bang. Its first

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Leisure 

Star Trek influence lives long and prospers

May 23, 2013May 24, 2013 Suzanne Presto of VOANews

Academics, professionals and Star Trek fans are once again discussing the iconic franchise’s influence on society, science, and technology, as

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Leisure 

Film review: The Great Gatsby

May 23, 2013May 23, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

The Great Gatsby is the return of Baz Luhrmann, director of Moulin Rouge!, to the world of supersized, kaleidoscopic entertainment.

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Leisure 

Film review: No

May 23, 2013May 23, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

“Pinochet could win this vote without cheating, if he wants – that’s what is so terrible,” says José Tomás Urrutia,

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Bulgaria News 

Socialist nominee Oresharski handed mandate to form next Bulgarian government

May 23, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Plamen Oresharski

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev handed on May 23 the mandate to form the next cabinet to socialist prime minister-designate Plamen

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s socialists ask President to halt appointment of ambassadors

May 23, 2013May 24, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

The Bulgarian Socialist Party, which ran second in the May parliamentary elections but which by default will be forming the

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s GERB returns mandate to form government

May 23, 2013May 24, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

GERB leader Boiko Borissov has returned the mandate to form Bulgaria’s next government on May 23, once again slamming his

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