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Month: September 2013

Europe 

Merkel close to absolute majority in German vote – partial results

September 23, 2013September 23, 2013 VOANews

Partial results in Germany’s elections show Chancellor Angela Merkel on her way to a third term in office with voters

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Europe 

Exit polls: Merkel leads in German vote

September 22, 2013September 23, 2013 VOANews

Exit polls in Germany showed Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives won the most votes in a parliamentary election Sunday, putting her

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Plovdiv’s 2013 Night of Museums and Galleries: Photos

September 22, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The ninth annual Night of Museums and Galleries in Plovdiv brought thousands of visitors to the streets of Bulgaria’s second

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Bulgaria 

Slight earthquake felt in Sofia

September 22, 2013September 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

An earthquake registered as 3.4 on the Richter scale was felt in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on September 22 2013

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian, Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarchs discuss convening of ‘Great Ecumenical Council’

September 22, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartolomeos, meeting in Istanbul, have discussed the need to hold a “Great

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World 

Lavrov: US trying to blackmail Russia on UN Syria resolution

September 22, 2013September 23, 2013 VOANews

Russia has accused the United States of trying to “blackmail” it into letting the U.N. Security Council authorize force against

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Europe 

Germany’s Merkel fights for majority in September 22 election

September 22, 2013 VOANews

Germany holds its parliamentary elections Sunday, with current Chancellor Angela Merkel looking set to win a third term. Ms. Merkel

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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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