Armenian presidential candidate shot
Armenian police say a gunman has shot and wounded one of the country’s eight presidential candidates. Authorities say Paruir Airikian
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Year: 2013
Bulgaria’s Public Works Minister asks prosecutors to act against building permits at Coral beach
Bulgarian Regional Development and Public Works Minister Liliyana Pavlova has asked prosecutors to intervene to ensure the revocation of all
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Bulgarian President awards highest honours to seven people
Bulgarian President Rossen Pleveneliev has awarded seven people with the country’s medal for courage, for actions undertaken to save others’
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Bulgarian traffic police to check for valid road use stickers on vehicles
From February 1 2013, Bulgarian traffic police are to conduct large-scale checks that vehicles have road use stickers, known as
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Travel: Game changing
Airlines such as Lufthansa, Air France and BA have one problem with their European flights; they lose money with them
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Countdown to the election of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s new Patriarch
On February 15 2013, two weeks from today, the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church will begin the two-day
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Storming the castle: Miloš Zeman’s victory exacerbates Czech Republic’s political flux
With cries of “Long live Zeman” ringing out around a packed conference room at the Top Hotel Praha Jan. 26,
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Film review: Gangster Squad
Gangster Squad is a big-budget film about the organized crime that nearly brought Los Angeles to a standstill in 1949.
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HRW warns of declining human rights in Russia
The New York-based Human Rights Watch says authoritarianism in Russia is at its highest level in recent memory. In its
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