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Year: 2013

Sport 

Sofia hosts WTA Tournament of Champions

October 29, 2013October 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian capital Sofia will play host to the WTA Tournament of Champions for a second year running in 2013, at

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Europe 

Greek president Papoulias tell country’s lenders: ‘Greeks have had enough’

October 29, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

“We have given all that we could and can’t give anything more (…) This must be acknowledged by Europe. The

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Europe 

Groundbreaking ceremony for US missile defence facility held in Romania

October 29, 2013 Zlatica Hoke of VOANews Romania

Romania and the United States have inaugurated a military site that will be part of the NATO missile defense system

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Europe 

Czech Republic: Presidents give parties ‘kiss of death’

October 28, 2013 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post Czech Republic

With a total of 15 years as president or prime minister, Václav Klaus easily ranks as one of the most

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Europe 

EU confronting US over surveillance

October 28, 2013 VOANews

European Union lawmakers are in Washington to confront U.S. officials about allegations of widespread American spying on its allies. The

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Perspectives 

Georgia elects new president, but political clouds gather

October 28, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Georgia

Georgian voters gave a clean and clear victory to the ruling party candidate in Sunday’s presidential election. But voters woke

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Plevneliev lodges Constitutional Court action against Peevski being an MP

October 28, 2013October 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests, Rossen Plevneliev

President Rossen Plevneliev has lodged a formal application in the Constitutional Court to overturn Parliament’s June 19 2013 vote revoking

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Bulgaria 

Sofia University ‘occupation’ supported by students at other Bulgarian universities

October 28, 2013October 28, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Students at several large Bulgarian universities have shown their support for the continued anti-government protest at the St Kliment Ohridski

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Business 

Bulgaria saw gloomier business climate in October 2013 – statistics institute

October 28, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgarian managers’ overall outlook on the business climate was gloomier in October 2013 than in the previous month, brought down

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