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Day: November 26, 2013

Business 

Bulgarian PM Oresharski denies deal with Westinghouse done

November 26, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy, nuclear, Plamen Oresharski

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister, Plamen Oresharski, denied the claim that a deal has been agreed with US firm Westinghouse to build

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The headquarters in Sofia of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Bulgaria 

Bulgarian bishop to face ecclesiastical court for libel and damaging church’s reputation

November 26, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Varna

Ignatii, vicar of the Sliven bishopric and previously elected one of two candidates to be the next Metropolitan of Varna,

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Bulgaria 

Fourth-century CE magistrate statue uncovered in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

November 26, 2013November 26, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

Archaeologists working on the digs at the Roman-era forum in Bulgaria’s second-largest city of Plovdiv have uncovered a full-size statue,

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Europe 

Greek finance minister confident of troika compromise before end-year

November 26, 2013November 26, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek finance minister Yannis Stournaras expressed his confidence that a solution will be found in negotiations with the troika before

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Perspectives 

Russia Watch: Putin uses political karate to keep Ukraine from moving west

November 26, 2013May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, Ukraine

German chancellor Otto von Bismarck once observed that the Russian cavalry are “slow to saddle up, but ride fast.” In

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Europe 

Yanukovych asks Ukraine for understanding, Tymoshenko goes on hunger strike

November 26, 2013November 26, 2013 Katya Gorchinskaya of The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Five days after demonstrations started all over Ukraine, prompted by the government’s rejection of a political and free trade deal

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