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Day: October 11, 2013

Europe 

EU’s ‘sadness and anxiety’ at new illegal migrant boat capsizing in Mediterranean

October 11, 2013October 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

European Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmström reacted with “sadness and anxiety” as news broke on October 11 2013 of a

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Europe 

After Lampedusa, UN refugee agency urges EU to revisit migration policies

October 11, 2013October 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

In the aftermath of one of deadliest migrant-ship disasters in recent history, the United Nations refugee agency issued a call

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Business 

More than 88% of credit cards in Turkey at risk of being cancelled – consumer association

October 11, 2013October 11, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

Turkey’s Consumers Association (TÜDER) has warned that 50 million of 57 million credit cards currently in use could be cancelled

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Europe 

Qui­tters deserve credit in smoking fight, not me: Hungarian PM

October 11, 2013October 11, 2013 The Budapest Times Hungary, smoking

Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), presented Prime Minister Viktor Orbán with the World No Tobacco Day

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Leisure 

JAT Airways flies to history

October 11, 2013October 11, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

JAT Airways, the national flag carrier and largest airlineof Serbia, and formerly Yugoslavia, founded in 1927, officially flies to history

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Perspectives 

Ukraine’s future path may hinge on one bitter political rivalry

October 11, 2013October 11, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief editors pick, Russia, Ukraine

To hear Russian President Vladimir Putin say it, Russia and its biggest neighbor, Ukraine, are “one people.” “We have common

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Leisure 

Prague will lighten up

October 11, 2013October 13, 2013 The Prague Post Czech Republic

Paris may be known as the City of Light, but soon Prague will be trying to lay claim to that

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s ban on former communist secret agents heading public media is unconstitutional, court says

October 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court has overturned provisions in a 1998 law barring officers and staff of the communist-era State Security secret

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria ‘plans restrictions’ after ban on foreigners buying land is lifted in 2014

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

After the ban on foreigners buying land in Bulgaria expires on January 1 2014, the plan is to still impose

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