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Month: January 2014

Bulgaria 

Left side story: Purvanov turns down Stanishev overture

January 31, 2014February 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Georgi Purvanov, Sergei Stanishev

Those Sharks and Jets of socialist politics in Bulgaria, Sergei Stanishev’s Bulgarian Socialist Party and Georgi Purvanov’s ABC, remained at

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Europe 

EU unemployment 10.7% in December 2013, in Bulgaria 13.1% – Eurostat

January 31, 2014February 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in the 28-member European Union was 10.7 per cent in December 2013, EU statistics office Eurostat said, reporting unemployment

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Bulgaria 

IMF urges Bulgaria to pursue ‘bold reforms’ in annual review

January 31, 2014January 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff IMF, macroeconomic indicators

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged Bulgaria to pursue “bold structural reforms […] to lift growth, create jobs, and enhance

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s regional development minister promises changes to plan for Strandzha nature park

January 31, 2014February 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Regional Development Minister Desislava Terzieva says that she has initiated a process to change controversial plans that pave the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s European Commissioner, church Patriarch in call for religious and ethnic tolerance

January 31, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgaria’s European Commissioner, church Patriarch in call for religious and ethnic tolerance Bulgaria’s European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva and Bulgarian Orthodox

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Europe 

Neo–nazi attacks shock Slovakia

January 31, 2014 Michaela Terenzani-Stankova of The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

Shocking video images of youths with shaved heads brutally beating a man in front of a bar in Nitra have

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Europe 

Ukraine faces debt downgrade as Russia puts loan on hold

January 31, 2014 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

As cities in Ukraine remain in the grip of protests and political crisis, a rating agency has downgraded the country’s

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World 

Global protests of Russia’s anti-gay laws before Sochi Olympics

January 31, 2014February 6, 2014 The Prague Post Russia, Sochi Olympics

All Out, an international nongovernmental organization calling for the equality of LGBT individuals, announced a Global Speak Out to support

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Bulgaria 

PR deal adds pressure on Bulgaria’s socialist leader

January 30, 2014February 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sergei Stanishev

The past six months have presented few opportunities for Bulgarian socialist leader Sergei Stanishev to score PR victories, either at

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