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Year: 2013

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria joins in marking World AIDS Day

December 1, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Red Cross Youth joined in marking World AIDS Day on December 1, encouraging people in Sofia to take

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Europe 

Ukrainian president condemns violence

December 1, 2013 VOANews Ukraine

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Saturday condemned what he calls “actions” that have led to violence during opposition demonstrations in

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Europe 

German court’s crucial verdict amid debate on Eastern European immigrants’ social rights

November 30, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

A court in the German land of Nord-Westphalia decided on November 28 that all Romanian citizens are entitled to social

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Europe 

EU signs up Moldova and Georgia, but loses the big prize, Ukraine

November 30, 2013February 11, 2014 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine

Pressured by street demonstrations at home, Ukraine’s president reluctantly traveled to a European Union summit in Lithuania. But he frustrated five

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Europe 

Torn between East and West, Ukraine debates future

November 30, 2013November 30, 2013 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Ukraine

The European Union criticized Russia for pressuring Ukraine into abandoning a landmark free trade deal with the EU in favor

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Europe 

Turkish leaders aim to turn Hagia Sophia back into a mosque

November 30, 2013November 30, 2013 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

A senior Turkish minister’s call to turn Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia – now  a museum — back into a mosque has

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Europe 

Anti-immigrant protests in Serbia

November 30, 2013November 30, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

Residents of Vračević village, 65km south from Belgrade, blocked the road to a nearby Bogovađa village in protest against undocumented

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to put electricity utility chief in charge of South Stream

November 29, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy, South Stream

Bulgaria’s Economy Minister Dragomir Stoynev said on November 29 that Vladimir Inkov will be “put in charge” of South Stream,

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Bulgaria 

EU grants Bulgaria 5.66M euro to address asylum seekers influx

November 29, 2013November 29, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, Syrian refugees

The European Commission said on November 29 that was providing 5.66 million euro in emergency funding from the European Refugee

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