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Year: 2013

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian archaeologists find Roman-era frigidarium in Bourgas

August 28, 2013August 28, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Bourgas

Archaeological digs carried out this summer on the site of the Roman-era public baths in the Bulgarian city of Bourgas

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party government continues purges by replacing head of state archives agency

August 28, 2013September 2, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Dossier Commission

Martin Ivanov, who in the past two years initiated innovations at the state archives agency and was keen on the

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Greek New Democracy party leader Antonis Samaras
Europe 

Imminent invasion in Syria troubles Athens

August 28, 2013August 28, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

With NATO forces awaiting US president Barack Obama’s “green light” to begin joint military operations in Syria’s territory, the Greek

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aerial photo by nasa of the island of cyprus
Perspectives 

Cyprus’s Syrian challenge

August 28, 2013February 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus

The Syrian crisis presents a challenge for all countries in the wider region and Cyprus does definitely not represent an

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graph on a seismograph
Bulgaria 

Two earthquakes in southern Bulgaria

August 28, 2013August 28, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

An earthquake of 3.7 on the Richter scale was registered seven km west of Dospat in southern Bulgaria, 134km south-east

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Perspectives 

Turkey’s Erdogan may use Egypt turmoil to justify crackdown

August 28, 2013 Dorian Jones of VOANews

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been at the forefront of condemnation of the overthrow of Egyptian President Mohamed

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Europe 

European nations divided on call for action in Syria

August 27, 2013February 11, 2014 Selah Hennessy of VOANews Syria

France is ready to “punish” those who carried out an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria last week, the French

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Europe 

Meeting between Thaçi and Dačić ends without agreement

August 27, 2013October 23, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo, Serbia

A meeting between Kosovo prime minister Hashim Thaçi and his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dačić has ended without a concrete agreement,

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World 

Facebook: Governments demanded information on 38 000 users

August 27, 2013August 27, 2013 VOANews

Social networking giant Facebook says government agents in more than 70 countries demanded information on tens of thousands of Facebook users in

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