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Day: June 16, 2013

Perspectives 

Bulgaria: The moods of a protest

June 16, 2013October 30, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Peevski protests, Plamen Oresharski, Sergei Stanishev

The public protests in Sofia, these humid days of June 2013, must first and most importantly be characterised as peaceful.

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Europe 

Erdogan leads huge, pro-government rally amid protests

June 16, 2013 VOANews Turkey

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told hundreds of thousands of supporters it was his “duty” to evict activists from

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Bulgaria 

UK tourist dies in 10-storey fall at Bulgarian beach resort

June 16, 2013June 19, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff beaches

A 19-year-old tourist from the UK died on June 16 after falling 10 storeys from the balcony of his hotel

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Bulgaria 

Protests, fallout from Peevski farce continue

June 16, 2013June 19, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests, Plamen Oresharski, Sergei Stanishev

A third round of anti-government protests, calls within the Bulgarian Socialist Party for new leadership, the summoning of a special

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Europe 

Protesters gather at Istanbul bridge

June 16, 2013June 17, 2013 VOANews Turkey

Turkish protesters set up barricades in the streets and appeared to regroup at a bridge in Istanbul Sunday, hours after

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Europe 

Breaching the Great Wall of Europe

June 16, 2013June 18, 2013 Robert Hodgson of The Budapest Times Hungary

Several thousand from China alone are expected to apply for legal residency under a fast-track scheme where the necessary papers

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