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Year: 2013

Bulgaria 

60th day of anti-government protests in Bulgaria

August 12, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Anti-government protests in Bulgaria reached their 60th day on August 12, facing the irony that the “Oresharski March” from Sofia

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Bulgaria 

Power failure causes large-scale blackout in Sofia

August 12, 2013August 12, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Parts of Bulgarian capital city Sofia were blacked out for several hours on August 12 after a suspected substation failure

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria rejects Turkish request to acquire Ottoman-era monuments

August 12, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Turkey

Bulgaria’s Culture Minister Petar Stoyanovich said on August 12 that the Government had no intention of transferring ownership of Ottoman-era

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Europe 

Hungarian man charged with Nazi-era crimes dies

August 12, 2013 VOANews Hungary

A former police officer indicted in Hungary on charges that he abused Jews and assisted in their deportation to Nazi

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Europe 

Spain, France raid human trafficking ring

August 12, 2013 VOANews

Spanish officials say 75 people have been arrested in a joint operation with French police against a people trafficking ring.

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Europe 

Greece looks to capitalise on Obama support

August 12, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Boosted by the support expressed by US President Barack Obama to Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras last week, the country’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament’s summer recess to be interrupted to discuss presidential veto of budget amendments

August 11, 2013August 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Peevski protests, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria’s National Assembly will hold a special sitting in the week beginning August 12, interrupting its month-long summer recess, to

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Perspectives 

Russia Watch: Russia’s choice – power balancer or China’s Canada?

August 11, 2013May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia

The reset between the Kremlin and the White House is dead. Now, the question in Moscow is: what will replace

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church metropolitan objects to plan for Pope John XXIII monument in Nessebur

August 11, 2013August 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Sliven, Yoanikii, has issued a statement objecting to reported plans for a monument to

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