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Day: December 12, 2013

Europe 

EC to play bigger role in South Stream talks – minister

December 12, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy, South Stream

The European Commission could play a more prominent role in talks between EU member states and Russia concerning the South

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament rejects amendments easing full smoking ban

December 12, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff smoking

Bulgaria’s June 2012 full ban on smoking in public places such as restaurants and bars remains in place after Parliament

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Bulgaria 

Queen of England awards gallantry medal to Bulgarian hero Plamen Petkov

December 12, 2013December 12, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Plamen Petkov, the Bulgarian-British dual national, has been awarded posthumously the Queen’s Gallantry Medal for his heroic saving of a

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Europe 

Attorney-General: Individuals and companies responsible for the financial collapse of Cyprus

December 12, 2013December 12, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus

While the Eurogroup is ready to send the next tranche of financial assistance to Cyprus, an investigation, led by the

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World 

Lawyer: Pussy Riot could be free by New Year’s Day

December 12, 2013 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post Russia

The jailed members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot may soon be free. The judicial collegium for criminal cases of

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Europe 

Mag­yar Golden Dawn a dark day for Jewry

December 12, 2013 The Budapest Times Hungary

Radical-right parliamentary party Jobbik has competition. Former Jobbik representative András Kisgergely has founded a party called Hungarian Dawn, modelled on

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Business 

Amazon development in Czech Republic ‘set to go ahead’

December 12, 2013December 12, 2013 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post Czech Republic

A vote by residents of the village of Dobrovíz near Prague against having an Amazon warehouse is unlikely to prevent

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Europe 

US, EU condemn crackdown on Ukraine protesters

December 12, 2013February 11, 2014 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Ukraine

“Go to Russia, Go to Russia,” chanted protesters as three buses loaded with Ukrainian riot police slowly retreated from their

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Leisure 

What’s On: First Sofia Literary Festival 2013

December 12, 2013December 12, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Sofia

The first Sofia International Literary Festival is on until December 15 2013 in the marble foyer of the National Palace

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