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Year: 2013

Europe 

EU bringing 65 companies to Israel to strengthen EU-Israel business ties

October 19, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

European Commission Vice-President Antonio Tajani will bring 65 industry associations and companies representatives from 17 EU member states to Israel

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World 

UN refugee agency urges countries to ensure safe passage for Syrians fleeing conflict

October 19, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

With the numbers of Syrians seeking safety in Europe on the rise, the United Nations refugee agency said on October

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World 

Turkey’s ‘anti-terror’ law casts increasingly wide net

October 19, 2013 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s democratic reform package is facing criticism following the Justice Ministry’s revelation that 20,000 people

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Europe 

More than 1100 refugees from the war in Kosovo still in Macedonia

October 19, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo, Macedonia

More than 1100 refugees from the 1999 war in Kosovo are still in Macedonia. The United Nations High Commission for

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Europe 

Floods sweep southern Romania

October 19, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

More than 60 litres of rainwater fell in Pitesti, within just three hours. Several inhabitants were rescued by boats. Dozens of

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Europe 

Serbian PM Dacic to visit Kosovo on October 19

October 19, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo, Serbia

Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci has announced in today’s government meeting that the Serbian PM, Ivica Dacic will be

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Bulgaria 

Friday furore in Bulgaria’s Parliament

October 18, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Speaker Mihail Mikov ordered a 15-minute adjournment of the National Assembly’s sitting on October 18 as emotions ran high, at

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Bulgaria 

Eight Bulgarian cities submit bids for European Capital of Culture 2019

October 18, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Mayors of eight Bulgarian cities were scheduled to hold a joint news conference with Culture Minister Petar Stoyanovic on October

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Business 

European movers association to meet in Sofia

October 18, 2013October 18, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The European association of moving companies Fedemac will hold its next general assembly meeting in Sofia’s Radisson Hotel on October

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