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Month: December 2013

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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Business 

Bulgaria to begin talks with Westinghouse on new Kozloduy nuclear reactor

December 11, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy, nuclear

Bulgaria’s Cabinet endorsed on December 11 the Economy Ministry’s recommendations to begin negotiations for the construction of a new nuclear

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria and Serbia discuss air, transport and energy links

December 11, 2013December 11, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

Visiting Sofia, Serbian prime minister Ivica Dačić was assured by state and government officials of Bulgaria’s backing for Serbia’s European

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Cabinet appoints new corruption unit chief

December 11, 2013December 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet said on December 11 that it has appointed Boiko Velikov as director of the Cabinet’s Centre for Prevention

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria utilities regulator chief resigns

December 11, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy

The head of Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC), Anzhela Toneva, submitted her resignation late on December 10,

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Europe 

Ukraine PM requests $27 billion in aid for EU deal

December 11, 2013February 11, 2014 VOANews Ukraine

Security forces are pulling back from crowds of protesters around a central square in Ukraine’s capital after a night of

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