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Day: November 12, 2013

Bulgaria 

Clashes between police and protesters over attempt to block MPs

November 12, 2013November 14, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Bulgarian MPs were able to make their way out of Parliament at the end of the session on November 12

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Deputy PM caught in EU funds row crossfire

November 12, 2013May 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Zinaida Zlatanova

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Zinaida Zlatanova’s attempt to take a potshot at the opposition has backfired, instead highlighting lack of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Bokova wins second term as UNESCO director-general

November 12, 2013February 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Irina Bokova

Bulgarian Irina Bokova was elected to a second term as head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

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Bulgaria 

Sofia University anti-government students to end occupation, continue protest – reports

November 12, 2013November 12, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Students who occupied the central campus of Sofia University to press their demand for the resignation of the Bulgarian Socialist

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Plevneliev, Oresharski in joint statement calling for tolerance towards Syrian refugees

November 12, 2013November 14, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Plamen Oresharski, Rossen Plevneliev, Syrian refugees

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev and Plamen Oresharski, appointed in May to sit in the prime minister’s chair in the Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Two Bulgarian union federations form joint strike committee

November 12, 2013November 14, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s two major trade union federations have formed a joint strike committee but it is an open question whether this

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Europe 

European Council, Parliament reach agreement on EU budget for 2014

November 12, 2013November 14, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The EU Council and the European Parliament reached agreement on the European Union budget for 2014 in negotiations in Brussels

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Europe 

Anti-cohabitation call sparks political storm in Turkey

November 12, 2013November 14, 2013 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has provoked a political storm in Turkey over his call to crackdown on mixed sex

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Europe 

Poland’s Independence Day celebrations turn violent again

November 12, 2013November 12, 2013 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Poland’s Independence Day celebrations were disrupted by violent riots for the third year in a row as large groups of

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