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Day: September 21, 2013

Bulgaria 

Sixth Sofia Pride parade proceeds peacefully

September 21, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The sixth annual Sofia Pride parade on September 21 2013 passed off peacefully, as police kept a counter-protest separate from

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Bulgaria 

Russian soldier on Plovdiv hill gets undressed

September 21, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Aloysha, the soaring landmark monument to the Soviet army on Plovdiv’s Bunardzhika hill, was stripped by climbers of the red

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Europe 

Romanian president Basescu challenges new law on referendum

September 21, 2013September 22, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romanian President Traian Basescu today lodged a complaint with the Constitutional Court, the country’s highest court, over the amendments brought

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv’s Soviet ‘Alyosha’ soldier monument draped with red cloak

September 21, 2013September 21, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Residents of Bulgaria’s second city of Plovdiv woke on September 21 to the sight of the landmark giant monument to

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Europe 

Greece pledges crackdown on ‘Neo-Nazi’ Golden Dawn party

September 21, 2013September 21, 2013 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Greece

Greece has pledged to crack down on far right party Golden Dawn after it was accused of involvement in the

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