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Day: January 12, 2014

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church voters shortlist candidates for new Nevrokop Metropolitan

January 12, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Clerics and laity in the town of Gotse Delchev voted on January 12 to shortlist two candidates for the vacant

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Perspectives 

Could Purvanov project split the BSP vote?

January 12, 2014January 13, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, editors pick, Georgi Purvanov, Peevski protests, Rossen Plevneliev, Sergei Stanishev, Volen Siderov

Bulgarian media reports that former president Georgi Purvanov was reviving his ABC Movement prompted a flurry of political comment, including

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Business 

Fitch affirms Bulgaria’s credit rating, outlook

January 12, 2014January 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings said it affirmed Bulgaria’s sovereign ratings at BBB-, with a stable outlook. The agency said

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World 

Turkey’s embattled government seeks to limit judiciary’s powers

January 12, 2014January 13, 2014 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Turkey’s Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors on Friday condemned government proposals to curb its powers, calling them unconstitutional.The proposed

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Europe 

Lutsenko hospitalised as Ukraine authorities face political fallout

January 12, 2014January 13, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Ukrainian opposition leader and former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko remains hospitalized in intensive care on January 11, a day after

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Leisure 

Is it becoming a lonelier planet?

January 12, 2014January 12, 2014 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post Czech Republic, editors pick, tourism

Turn the clock back a decade or two, and every backpacker would be clutching a copy of a Lonely Planet

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Bulgaria 

Report on Peevski on French-German TV network sparks controversy

January 12, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests, Tsvetlin Yovchev

A report on French-German television network Arte TV on anti-corruption protests in Bulgaria showed some of the extensive properties said

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