With Syria’s neighbours ‘stretched to the limit,’ UN refugee chief urges greater support
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has called on Syria’s neighbours to continue to keep their borders open
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Year: 2013
Vatican to canonise Popes John Paul II, John XXIII in April 2014
The Vatican says the late Popes John Paul II and John XXIII will be declared saints in a joint ceremony
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Czech Republic political parties jockey for position as election nears
In what has been a tumultuous year in Czech politics, the country’s political parties are ramping up their campaigns as
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Party leadership of Greece’s Golden Dawn to appear in court
The leadership of neo – Nazi Golden Dawn is to appear in court this week. Golden Dawn MP Christos Pappas
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Russian court orders all Greenpeace activists to stay in jail
A Russian court in Murmansk has ordered the last eight Greenpeace protesters who tried to scale an Arctic oil drilling
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What’s on: Plovdiv Jazz Nights, October 3 to 5
British drummer Carl Palmer’s band is among the stars appearing at the 2013 Plovdiv Jazz Nights at the Boris Christoff
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End of the line for analogue TV transmission in Bulgaria on September 30 2013
Analogue television transmissions were to come to an end at midnight on September 30 2013, completing the switchover to digital
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Bulgaria again running short of shelter for refugees
The Syrian refugee crisis is continuing to test Bulgaria’s capacity to cope, which is still coming up short, even after
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Bulgaria finishes fourth in European volleyball championship
Bulgaria finished fourth in the European men’s volleyball championship after losing its last two matches against Italy and Serbia. This
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