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Year: 2013

Europe 

71 arrested as police smash Kosovo/Albanian crime group heroin trafficking ring in Italy

October 21, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Kosovo

European law enforcement authorities, supported by Europol, have arrested 71 individuals in Italy, Albania, Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina, for

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World 

Turkey: 600 000 refugees from Syria

October 21, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

If figures presented by Ankara are an accurate representation of reality, then the situation with Syrian refugees have exceeded every

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Europe 

Romania steps up security measures amid wide street protests

October 21, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

The Romanian Government asked the police and gendarmes to sharpen measures against unauthorized streets protests across the country which have

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Europe 

Sharp differences in battle over ritual slaughter

October 21, 2013May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Poland

Poland’s Jewish and Muslim communities are awaiting the outcome the latest attempt to reverse the ruling by the constitutional court

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Bulgaria 

Refugees in Bulgaria: ‘Our worst predictions are coming true,’ Yovchev says

October 21, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Tsvetlin Yovchev

The pace of refugees entering Bulgaria is not only steady but growing and “our worst predictions are coming true,” Interior

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian mobile carriers expand coverage to Sofia Metro

October 21, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Patchy phone reception in the Sofia Metro ought to become a thing of the past with the new mobile broadband

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Europe 

Greece hits a sky-high record in its debt

October 21, 2013October 21, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The highest public debt in both the Eurozone and the EU-28, touching the 156.9% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

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Sport 

Bulgaria’s Dimitrov secures first career ATP title

October 21, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov became the first Bulgarian tennis player to win an ATP Tour title in the open era, prevailing

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Bulgaria 

Serious defects in Bulgaria-Romania Danube Bridge 2, Bulgarian transport minister says

October 21, 2013October 21, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

An inspection by Bulgarian officials has found 20 serious defects in Danube Bridge 2, opened in mid-June 2013 and which

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