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Day: October 8, 2013

Perspectives 

Azerbaijan presidential vote may reveal cracks in regime support

October 8, 2013May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

In oil-rich Azerbaijan, people vote for president Wednesday in an election that holds little suspense.  An Aliyev – either father,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to spend a further million leva on digital TV decoder debacle

October 8, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Having already spent about 17 million leva (about 8.5 million euro) on advertising to explain the switchover from analogue to

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Europe 

Bulgaria to get direct EU financial help to deal with influx of Syrian refugees – Interior Minister

October 8, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria will soon get direct financial assistance from the European Union to cope with the influx into the country of

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World 

IMF cuts growth forecast, warns US on borrowing limit

October 8, 2013 VOANews

The International Monetary Fund is cutting its forecast for economic growth throughout the world — mostly because expansion has slowed in China,

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Europe 

Turkey under pressure over likely purchase of Chinese missiles

October 8, 2013 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Ankara is facing mounting pressure from its NATO allies over its announcement that a Chinese company is favored to win

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Bulgaria 

Constitutional Court move on Peevski revitalises anti-government protests in Bulgaria

October 8, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

An attempted blockade of Plamen Oresharski’s car outside an art gallery and the arrest of six people after a scuffle

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Bulgaria 

Protests, pledge of veto against plan to backtrack on Bulgaria’s smoking ban

October 8, 2013October 8, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev, smoking

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has pledged that if Parliament approves a backtrack on the ban on smoking in enclosed public

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Europe 

Cyprus economic victims fight back

October 8, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus

A renewed wave of protests by securities holders and depositors that have been gravely affected by the measures which accompanied

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court decides Delyan Peevski is still an MP – updated

October 8, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

The Constitutional Court said on October 8 that Delyan Peevski in place as a member of Parliament in spite of

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