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Month: December 2013

Europe 

Greek PM Samaras rules out triple election scenario

December 16, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras has ruled out the possibility of simultaneous general, local and European Parliament elections in May,

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Europe 

Ukraine protesters warn against trade pact with Moscow

December 15, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Ukraine

Ahead of a visit to Moscow by Ukraine’s president, protesters filled central Kyiv, warning him not to sign a trade

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Leisure 

Christmas Carols in Veliko Turnovo on December 16

December 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A Christmas Carols event is being held in Veliko Turnovo on December 16 2013. An open invitation to the event

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Bulgaria 

Two candidates shortlisted in Bulgarian Orthodox Church Varna Metropolitan election re-run

December 15, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Varna

The electoral college in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Varna diocese shortlisted, in a vote on December 15 2013, two candidates

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Business 

Bulgarian railways BDZ begins ticket sales for holiday season

December 15, 2013December 16, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s state railways BDZ started selling tickets for the entire winter festive season on December 16. As a matter of

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World 

Thousands attend Nelson Mandela’s funeral

December 15, 2013 VOANews

The funeral of late South African president Nelson Mandela is underway in his ancestral home of Qunu, where thousands of

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Europe 

Ukraine president suspends officials over protest crackdown

December 15, 2013December 15, 2013 VOANews Ukraine

In a conciliatory move toward protesters, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has suspended his deputy security council chief and the head

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Europe 

No fresh talks planned in Brussels between Pristina and Belgrade

December 15, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo, Serbia

The numerous meetings which in the most part end up without any deals, seem to have exhausted the European Union,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian anti-government protesters blockade interior minister in restaurant

December 15, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests, Tsvetlin Yovchev

A group of Bulgarian anti-government protesters blockaded Tsvetlin Yovchev, interior minister in the Bulgarian Socialist Party government, in a central

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