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Day: January 26, 2014

Bulgaria 

Sofia University authorities call for action against occupying anti-government protesters

January 26, 2014January 27, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

The academic council of Sofia University, where a group of anti-government protesters started a new occupation of the central campus

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Bulgaria 

Snow, chilly temperatures close schools in parts of Bulgaria

January 26, 2014February 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

Schools in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Varna will be closed on January 27 2014 because of the serious winter

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Europe 

Ukraine opposition presses demands despite government offer

January 26, 2014January 26, 2014 VOANews Ukraine

Ukraine’s opposition says it will continue protests despite President Viktor Yanukovych’s offer to appoint two top opposition leaders to key

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Bulgaria 

Purvanov project hits BSP, Borissov’s GERB back in the lead – poll

January 26, 2014May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Georgi Purvanov, Peevski protests, Rossen Plevneliev, Sergei Stanishev, Volen Siderov

The Bulgarian Socialist Party has been hard-hit by the relaunch of Georgi Purvanov’s ABC movement, with the wedge driven into

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Europe 

Weekly review: Crash tested Romanian government

January 26, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

This week, the Romanian government went into direct collision with the public again, only a few weeks after it had

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Leisure 

Film review: American Hustle

January 26, 2014May 10, 2024 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

American Hustle rounds out the top nominations at the Academy Awards this year, alongside Gravity and 12 Years a Slave. This latest film by sometimes

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Leisure 

Film review: 12 Years A Slave

January 26, 2014May 10, 2024 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

The most famous shot in Gaspar Noë’s agonizing Irréversible shows a woman in an underground passage in Paris being raped while the

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