Flu epidemic declared in Bulgaria’s Sofia region
An influenza epidemic has been declared throughout the Sofia region, with schools closed for seven calendar days from January 21
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Day: January 20, 2014
Bulgarian President Plevneliev to attend Sochi Olympic Games closing ceremony
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has confirmed that he will attend the February 23 closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics
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Protests continue in Kyiv, RFE/RL crew arrested
An RFE/RL reporting crew has been arrested in Kyiv as the protests in the Ukrainian capital have escalated into street
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Bulgarian socialist MP in row over ‘support for Assad’
A political firestorm has erupted around Bulgarian Socialist Party member of Parliament Strahil Angelov after the Syrian embassy in Sofia
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Bulgaria’s Dimitrov to face Nadal in Australian Open quarters
Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov reached the first Grand Slam quarter-final of his career at the Australian Open with a four-set victory
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Bulgarian socialist leader Stanishev slams ‘traitors’ backing Purvanov project
Harsh language has streamed from Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader Sergei Stanishev and his allies in condemnation of the rival
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War of words between Poland and UK continues
The leader of Poland’s main opposition Law and Justice (PiS) Jaroslaw Kaczynski wrote an open letter to the Poles living
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Ukraine president to talk with opposition
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has promised to talk with the opposition after a day of bloody violence. More than 100,000
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