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Month: June 2013

Bulgaria 

Big flail: Bulgaria’s parties in power hit out in bid to defend themselves

June 27, 2013October 30, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Peevski protests

Behind a widened cordon sanitaire guarded by lines of police, Bulgaria’s half-empty Parliament – pelted with vegetables by protesters –

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Bulgaria 

German tourist in coma after falling from balcony in Bulgarian hotel

June 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff beaches

A 22-year-old German tourist was in coma after falling four storeys from the balcony of his hotel room in Bulgaria’s

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Europe 

Czech government faces uphill battle to pass needed reforms

June 27, 2013June 27, 2013 Christine Kovarikova and Kevin Livingston of The Prague Post Czech Republic

President Milos Zeman tapped former Finance Minister and economist Jiri Rusnok June 25 as prime minister of a caretaker government,

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Perspectives World 

Welcome to Moscow’s transit lounge, Mr. Snowden

June 27, 2013October 30, 2019 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia

Uncle Volodya went to Finland this week and told three fairy tales. – Gays have equal rights in Russia. –

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Business 

Dice cast over Cyprus LNG plant

June 27, 2013June 28, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus, energy

The dice has been cast as regards the liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant that the Cypriot government has decided to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament votes two deputy PMs into Cabinet

June 27, 2013June 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A day after Parliament’s sitting was scrapped over the lack of a quorum, Bulgarian lawmakers finally succeeded in holding a

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Business 

EU ministers agree on new bank rescue rules

June 27, 2013 VOANews

The European Union finance ministers have agreed to a draft deal establishing who will pay for bank bailouts in the

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Europe 

Albanian PM concedes election defeat

June 27, 2013June 27, 2013 VOANews Albania

Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha has conceded defeat in general elections, ending three days of public silence and easing fears

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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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