Turkey unveils democratisation plan
Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a package of reforms aimed at strengthening democracy and keeping on track
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Month: September 2013
Apple dethrones Coca-Cola as world’s most valuable brand
Apple has unseated Coca-Cola as the most valuable brand in the world for 2013, according to Interbrand, a commercial consulting
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European Parliament announces 2013 Sakharov Prize finalists
Belarusian political prisoners Ales Bialatski, Eduard Lobau and Mykola Statkevich, US spying whistleblower Edward Snowden and Pakistani campaigner for girls’
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Is crackdown on Greenpeace part of Russia’s new Cold War in the Arctic?
SALEKHARD, RUSSIA — Icy blasts of water greeted Greenpeace protesters climbing Russia’s lone offshore oil platform in the Arctic. Russia’s Coast
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Bulgaria’s Health Ministry to begin immunising refugee children
Bulgaria’s Health Ministry said on September 30 that it was to begin immunizing refugee children against eight infectious diseases, an
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Who moved our cheese? Tons go missing from Bulgaria’s State Reserve
Nearly 35 tons of cheese are missing from the warehouse of Bulgaria’s State Reserve and War-Time Stocks State Agency in
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Facebook hoaxes and Facebook hacking: Bulgaria’s online wars
The Facebook page of Boiko Borissov, leader of Bulgaria’s centre-right former ruling party, was hacked on September 30, the second
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The strange saga of Ataka’s visit to Brussels
According to a new poll by the Afis agency, Bulgaria’s most unpopular politician is Volen Siderov, leader of ultra-nationalist party
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France’s double standards official discourse angers Romania
The vacillating position of the French ruling socialists on Romania’s and Bulgaria’s Schengen accession, ranging from utter support for a
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