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Year: 2013

Europe 

Czech Republic’s new immigration bill incites protest, criticism

July 14, 2013July 31, 2013 The Prague Post Czech Republic

Draft legislation aimed at revamping immigration law has infuriated NGOs working in the sector and prompted more than 100 people

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Europe 

Gay rights versus far right

July 14, 2013July 31, 2013 The Budapest Times Hungary

Heavy police security ensured that the annual Budapest Pride parade passed off peacefully on Saturday, with several thousand participants marching

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Perspectives 

Russia Watch: Snowden and Russia’s whistleblowers

July 14, 2013May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia

“These nations, including Russia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua and Ecuador, have my gratitude and respect for being the first to stand

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s anti-government protests, a month on: photos

July 13, 2013July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Tens of thousands of people – or, if you prefer the official estimate by the Interior Ministry, about 3500 –

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s anti-government protests reach four-week mark

July 12, 2013July 31, 2013 Alex Bivol Peevski protests

Bulgaria’s anti-government protests, sparked by the controversial appointment of Delyan Peevski as director of the State Agency for National Security,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian ultranationalist Siderov likens himself to Nelson Mandela

July 12, 2013July 31, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Volen Siderov

Bulgarian ultra-nationalist Ataka leader Volen Siderov, whose comments during the current political crisis have been invariably more ludicrous than lucid,

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Bulgaria 

Oresharski tells Parliament of government’s ‘achievements’ in first month

July 12, 2013July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Plamen Oresharski

Plamen Oresharski, who sits in the prime minister’s chair in the Bulgarian Socialist Party government, told members of Parliament of

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Business 

Bulgaria’s antitrust watchdog fines Mtel 440 000 leva

July 12, 2013July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on July 12 that it has fined the country’s largest mobile carrier

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Europe 

Financial gap looms over Greece

July 12, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Greece will face a financial gap immediately after July 2014. During a press

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