Russia Watch: Greenpeace pirates? Russia loses another international PR war
After Pussy Riot and “Gay propaganda,” the Kremlin now marches resolutely towards another international public relations defeat — this time
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Year: 2013
Azerbaijan presidential vote may reveal cracks in regime support
In oil-rich Azerbaijan, people vote for president Wednesday in an election that holds little suspense. An Aliyev – either father,
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Bulgaria to spend a further million leva on digital TV decoder debacle
Having already spent about 17 million leva (about 8.5 million euro) on advertising to explain the switchover from analogue to
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Bulgaria to get direct EU financial help to deal with influx of Syrian refugees – Interior Minister
Bulgaria will soon get direct financial assistance from the European Union to cope with the influx into the country of
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IMF cuts growth forecast, warns US on borrowing limit
The International Monetary Fund is cutting its forecast for economic growth throughout the world — mostly because expansion has slowed in China,
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Turkey under pressure over likely purchase of Chinese missiles
Ankara is facing mounting pressure from its NATO allies over its announcement that a Chinese company is favored to win
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Constitutional Court move on Peevski revitalises anti-government protests in Bulgaria
An attempted blockade of Plamen Oresharski’s car outside an art gallery and the arrest of six people after a scuffle
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Protests, pledge of veto against plan to backtrack on Bulgaria’s smoking ban
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has pledged that if Parliament approves a backtrack on the ban on smoking in enclosed public
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Cyprus economic victims fight back
A renewed wave of protests by securities holders and depositors that have been gravely affected by the measures which accompanied
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