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Day: June 11, 2013

Europe Leisure 

French air traffic controllers strike against pan-EU airspace plans

June 11, 2013June 12, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

French air traffic controllers began a three-day strike on June 11 to protest European Union plans to create a single

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Bulgaria 

Rivers in northern, western Bulgaria at risk of overflowing

June 11, 2013June 13, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Continuing heavy rain over the next two to three days means that some rivers in northern and western Bulgaria could

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The headquarters in Sofia of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church accepts resignation of Metropolitan of Western Europe

June 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, has accepted the resignation on the grounds of ill-health of Simeon,

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Europe 

Embarrassment for Greek government as natural gas firm privatisation fails

June 11, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greece was rocked on June 10 by the news that Russian energy giant Gazprom would not be tabling a bid

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aerial photo by nasa of the island of cyprus
Europe 

Geopolitics bound to determine Cyprus’s energy future

June 11, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus, energy

The intense activity over the Cyprus natural gas reserves in the past few days has provided a silver lining in

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Leisure 

Spanish and Ibero-American film week in Sofia

June 11, 2013June 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Antonio Banderas will open the 20th annual Spanish and Ibero-American films week in Sofia on June 11 and celebrated film

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Bulgaria 

Sofia traffic police start ‘Operation Cyclist’

June 11, 2013June 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Traffic police in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia have started what they call “Operation Cyclist”, checking the condition of bicycles, whether

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Europe 

Turkish police enter Taksim Square

June 11, 2013June 12, 2013 VOANews Turkey

Hundreds of Turkish police in riot gear entered Istanbul’s Taksim Square early Tuesday, firing tear gas and a water cannon

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Perspectives 

Russia Watch: Setting the pace for Russia, Moscow tames its excesses

June 11, 2013October 30, 2019 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia

Last week, an American friend of mine received two mysterious white envelopes in the mail. On opening them, he found

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