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Year: 2013

Europe News 

Trojan Horse: tainted meat in beef lasagne in Hungary

March 4, 2013May 27, 2013 Benedicte Williams of The Budapest Times Hungary

Hungary was the latest member of the European Union to admit to prepared beef dishes tainted with horsemeat on Monday

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Bulgaria News 

Decision awaited on whether mayor of Bulgaria’s Varna will resign

March 4, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

The political fate of Kiril Yordanov, mayor of Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea city Varna, hangs in the balance as all

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Bulgaria News World 

Israeli president to press EU on declaring Hezbollah a terrorist organisation – report

March 4, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bourgas terrorist attack

Israeli president Shimon Peres will urge European Uninon leaders to put Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese Shiite group, on its list

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Bulgaria chooses ‘Kismet’ as entry for 2013 Eurovision song contest

March 3, 2013March 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Duo Elitsa and Stundzhi will perform the song Kismet as Bulgaria’s entry in the 2012 Eurovision contest after it was

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s Borissov again admitted to hospital with high blood pressure

March 3, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Boiko Borissov, prime minister of Bulgaria pending the appointment of a caretaker government amid the country’s continuing political crisis, was

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian protesters say they will set up tent camp until demands are met

March 3, 2013March 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Thousands of protesters turned out in Sofia and other major cities in Bulgaria on March 3, with organisers announcing that

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s national day of parades and protests: Ataka gets into the act

March 3, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Volen Siderov

To the accompaniment of a local rock band on a trailer, cries of “Volen!” and appeals from the whippers-in for

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s national day of parades and protests: Photo gallery

March 3, 2013March 3, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

March 3 2013 saw Bulgaria’s senior state leaders and foreign diplomats gather at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier in

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Europe News World 

Protesters block dismantling part of Berlin Wall

March 3, 2013March 3, 2013 Michael Scaturro of VOANews

Protesters in Berlin are trying to stop developers from dismantling one of the longest remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall.  

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