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Day: June 26, 2013

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian political crisis: talk of Government resignation and Electoral Code changes

June 26, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests, Sergei Stanishev

Bulgarian socialist party leader Sergei Stanishev gave the first hint on June 26 that the resignation of the Plamen Oresharski

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Business 

Azeri gas field consortium picks TAP over Nabucco West – reports

June 26, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

The consortium developing the Shah Deniz 2 gas field on Azerbaijan’s shelf in the Caspian Sea has picked the Trans-Adriatic

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World 

US supreme court rules on gay marriage restrictions

June 26, 2013June 26, 2013 VOANews

In what is seen as a major victory for the gay-rights movement, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the federal

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Europe 

Czech PM-designate faces parliament opposition

June 26, 2013June 26, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Czech Republic

Czech president Milos Zeman’s nomination of long-time ally Jiri Rusnok as prime minister-designate has been opposed by the largest parties

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Bulgaria 

Sofia court ends extradition proceedings against money-laundering convict

June 26, 2013June 26, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia City Court ended on June 26 proceedings in a case requesting the extradition of Evelin “Brendo” Banev to Romania

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Sport 

Turkey’s Fenerbahce and Besiktas handed Uefa bans, Romania’s Steaua spared

June 26, 2013June 26, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Romania, Turkey

The disciplinary committee of Europe’s football governing body Uefa has ruled to hand European competition bans to Turkish clubs Fenerbahce

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Europe 

EU delays Turkey accession talks, disapproves of protest crackdown

June 26, 2013June 26, 2013 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Turkey

The EU has decided to postpone talks with Ankara aimed at moving forward on Turkey’s membership in the bloc until

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Europe 

False emailed bomb threats cause major disruption across Poland

June 26, 2013 The Warsaw Voice Poland

More than 2,000 people were evacuated from more than 20 hospitals, and public buildings in several Polish cities on Tuesday

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament cancels sitting because of lack of quorum, amid protests

June 26, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Anti-government protests in Bulgaria took on a new shape on the morning of June 26 as protesters gathered outside Parliament

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