Visiting German finance minister faces Greek protests
Thousands of police officers lined the streets of Athens on Thursday as the German finance minister visited the Greek capital.
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Month: July 2013
Russia Watch: Why will Obama visit Russia for a Putin summit?
Why is Barack Obama planning to be in Moscow in early September for a two-day summit with Vladimir Putin? Mystery
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Film review: White House Down
The latest film by blockbuster director Roland Emmerich is not bad at all. In it, the White House is invaded
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Film review: Behind the Candelabra
Was there ever anybody quite as stereotypically gay as Liberace? The man with the tiny poodles, the sometimes purple wig,
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Bulgarian Parliament postpones SANS director election as protest shuts down Sofia centre
Bulgaria’s lawmakers postponed the election of a new director of the State Agency for National Security (SANS) on July 18
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Russian opposition leader sentenced to five years
A Russian court on Thursday found opposition leader Alexei Navalny guilty of embezzlement and sentenced him to five years in
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Latent rage in Czech Republic
A ticking time bomb in the shape of latent racism dwells just beneath the surface of Czech society, says activist
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church Holy Synod appoints Varna acting metropolitan
The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church appointed Dorostol Metropolitan Ambrosii as temporary metropolitan of Varna on July 18.
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First anniversary of Bourgas terrorist attack: ‘clear traces’ in link to Hezbollah, Interior Minister says
Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetlin Yovchev, speaking on the July 18 2013 first anniversary of the terrorist attack at Bourgas Airport
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