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Day: October 9, 2013

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Border Police detain boat transporting illegal immigrants across Black Sea

October 9, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Border Police detained a boat carrying 24 illegal immigrants, said to be citizens of Afghanistan, about eight nautical miles

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Europe 

European Parliament calls for humanitarian conference on Syrian refugee crisis

October 9, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

The European Union should convene a humanitarian conference aimed at helping Syria’s neighbouring countries to cope with the still-growing influx

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament rejects Ataka proposal to close borders to refugees

October 9, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

By an overwhelming majority in a vote on October 9 2013, Bulgaria’s Parliament rejected a motion by Volen Siderov’s ultra-nationalist

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Europe 

Shale gas: new fracking projects must pass environmental test, European Parliament says

October 9, 2013October 9, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

The European Parliament, adopting the first reading of an amendment to existing EU legislation, proposed on October 9 2013 that

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Bulgaria 

Peevski a no-show at Parliament day after Constitutional Court decision

October 9, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Three hours after the start of the first sitting of Bulgaria’s Parliament on the day after the Constitutional Court ruling

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Bulgaria 

Dispute disrupts truck traffic at Turkish – Bulgarian border

October 9, 2013October 9, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

A 25km-long queue of lorries formed at the Bulgarian – Turkish border checkpoint at Kapitan Andreevo on October 9 because

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World 

Presenter’s cleavage stirs reactions in Turkey

October 9, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

The neckline of a female TV presenter during a show became the number one story in Turkey! Godze Cansu presented

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World 

Turkey lifts longtime ban on head scarves

October 9, 2013 VOANews Turkey

Turkey has lifted a decades-old ban on head scarves for female workers in state offices, ending a longstanding restriction that

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Perspectives 

Russia Watch: Greenpeace pirates? Russia loses another international PR war

October 9, 2013May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia

After Pussy Riot and “Gay propaganda,” the Kremlin now marches resolutely towards another international public relations defeat — this time

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