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Day: June 20, 2013

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria in a deepening crisis, President Plevneliev says after security council debacle

June 20, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Peevski protests, Rossen Plevneliev, Sergei Stanishev, Volen Siderov

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said that the country is in a deepening crisis and, again effectively siding with the many

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Pride postponed to avoid unrest

June 20, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The annual Sofia Pride march would be postponed to avoid the risk of unrest, the event’s organisers said on June

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Europe 

EC refers Bulgaria to ECJ over bilateral agreement with US

June 20, 2013June 20, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on June 20 that it referred Bulgaria to the European Court of Justice for failing to

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Opera complains about rowdy neighbours Ataka

June 20, 2013June 20, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia Opera, which shares a building with the headquarters of ultra-nationalist party Ataka, has complained in an open letter to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria political crisis: Siderov’s slapstick antics and Borissov’s assassination fears

June 20, 2013July 10, 2013 Alex Bivol Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Volen Siderov

The sitting of the Consultative Council on National Security, called by Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev on June 20, descended into

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Europe 

Greek coalition to settle ERT dispute through broader agreement

June 20, 2013June 20, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greece’s coalition government leaders held fresh crunch talks Wednesday night in Athens in search of a compromise over the closure

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Perspectives World 

Russia Watch: Kremlin crosses Russia’s Sunni muslims by joining Syria’s Shia alliance

June 20, 2013October 30, 2019 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, Syria

Vladimir Putin got out of the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland without any broken china on the floor. In the

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World 

South Africa to host world’s biggest telescope

June 20, 2013June 20, 2013 Emilie Iob of VOANews final frontier

South Africa is preparing to host the biggest radio telescope in the world. Along with Australia, the country has been

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