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Day: October 28, 2013

Europe 

Czech Republic: Presidents give parties ‘kiss of death’

October 28, 2013 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post Czech Republic

With a total of 15 years as president or prime minister, Václav Klaus easily ranks as one of the most

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Europe 

EU confronting US over surveillance

October 28, 2013 VOANews

European Union lawmakers are in Washington to confront U.S. officials about allegations of widespread American spying on its allies. The

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Perspectives 

Georgia elects new president, but political clouds gather

October 28, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Georgia

Georgian voters gave a clean and clear victory to the ruling party candidate in Sunday’s presidential election. But voters woke

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Plevneliev lodges Constitutional Court action against Peevski being an MP

October 28, 2013October 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests, Rossen Plevneliev

President Rossen Plevneliev has lodged a formal application in the Constitutional Court to overturn Parliament’s June 19 2013 vote revoking

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Bulgaria 

Sofia University ‘occupation’ supported by students at other Bulgarian universities

October 28, 2013October 28, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Students at several large Bulgarian universities have shown their support for the continued anti-government protest at the St Kliment Ohridski

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Business 

Bulgaria saw gloomier business climate in October 2013 – statistics institute

October 28, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgarian managers’ overall outlook on the business climate was gloomier in October 2013 than in the previous month, brought down

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Bulgaria 

Kozloduy nuclear plant reactor taken offline on October 28 to fix fault

October 28, 2013October 28, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff nuclear

Unit six at Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power station was taken offline on the morning of October 28 because of a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian, Turkish FMs discuss Syrian refugees, while tensions grow over issue in Bulgaria

October 28, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Syrian refugees

Against a background of the Turkish-Bulgarian border being the main entry point into Bulgaria for Syrian refugees, the issue was

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