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Year: 2013

Bulgaria 

MRF MP to face organised crime, tax evasion charges

June 9, 2013June 9, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A member of Parliament for the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), Petar Angelov, is to give up his immunity

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Bulgaria 

Oresharski, Georgieva discuss negotiations on EU budget

June 9, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Plamen Oresharski

Plamen Oresharski, Prime Minister in the Bulgarian Socialist Party government, and European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva held talks on June 9,

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Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach resort opens 2013 summer season

June 9, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff beaches

The Bulgarian Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach opened its 2013 summer season on June 8 with a big concert

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Bulgaria 

Kristalina Georgieva: No danger of floods in Bulgaria

June 9, 2013June 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Hungary

The Danube would peak around June 13 and 14 in the region of Bulgaria and Romania but there was no

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Europe 

Flood Watch Budapest: Peak expected by midnight on June 9

June 9, 2013June 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Hungary

According to Máté Márk Kisdi, spokesperson of National Disaster Management, the peak of the Danube flood is to be expected

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Europe 

Turkey protesters, police clash as demonstrations enter 10th day

June 9, 2013June 10, 2013 VOANews Turkey

Turkish police in Ankara and Istanbul have fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands of protesters early Sunday,

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Bulgaria 

UK ambassador to meet Bulgarian Foreign Minister on Hezbollah

June 9, 2013June 14, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bourgas terrorist attack, Kristian Vigenin

The UK ambassador in Sofia, Jonathan Allen, is to meet Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin to discuss Bulgaria’s position on the

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Europe 

Record floodwaters expected in Budapest on June 11

June 8, 2013June 9, 2013 The Budapest Times Hungary

Thousands have been forced to flee their homes and at least a dozen left dead amid severe flooding across Central

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Europe 

Turkey protests enter ninth day

June 8, 2013June 9, 2013 VOANews Turkey

Thousands of demonstrators are occupying Istanbul’s central Taksim Square as protests in Turkey entered their ninth day.Protesters raised signs Saturday

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