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Year: 2013

Europe 

Homelessness serious threat to refugees in Poland, Bulgaria and Slovakia – UN

June 8, 2013June 8, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Poland, Slovakia

Homelessness and the threat of homelessness are two of the most serious conditions affecting refugees and asylum-seekers living in Poland,

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Flood Watch Budapest: city only protected to 930cm, mayor says

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

Budapest mayor István Tarlós has announced that Budapest is currently protected to a water level of 930cm, not 950cm as

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Perspectives 

The Borissov two-step

June 7, 2013June 14, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov

Ahead of Bulgaria’s May 12 2013 parliamentary elections, it was a case of “all against GERB” and a few weeks

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Danube to peak in Budapest on June 11

June 7, 2013June 8, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Hungary

The Danube River is expected to peak in the Hungarian capital city Budapest on June 11, according to official estimates,

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German trio Solea at Sofia Jazz Peak on June 13

June 7, 2013June 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Contemporary European jazz trio Solea are appearing as an opener for Sofia Jazz Peak at Sofia Live Club on June

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Europe 

Floods in Prague: Staying dry

June 7, 2013June 7, 2013 Marketa Hulpachova and Jonathan Crane of The Prague Post Czech Republic

As rainfall ceaselessly pounded the streets of Prague 8-Karlín June 2 and water from the Vltava crept up the neighborhood’s

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Leisure 

Film review: Star Trek Into Darkness

June 7, 2013June 7, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Although the freshness of the Star Trek reboot may have worn off a little, this second installment, titled Star Trek

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Film review: Only God Forgives

June 7, 2013June 7, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

The 1929 short film by Surrealist filmmaker Luis Buñuel, Un chien andalou, is well known for one good reason: In

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Europe 

European Central Bank says euro economy still shrinking

June 6, 2013June 8, 2013 VOANews

The European Central Bank says the economic fortunes in the euro currency bloc are continuing to shrink, but should advance

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