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Month: January 2014

Bulgaria 

Five Bulgarians arrested for international payment card fraud

January 28, 2014February 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Polish National Police, working with the State Agency for National Security in Bulgaria and supported by Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre

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Europe 

Serbian government to call parliamentary elections for March 16

January 28, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

The Serbian government would propose on January 28 2014 to president Tomislav Nikolic to dissolve parliament and to call elections

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Europe 

Ukraine’s leader agrees to repeal some anti-protest laws

January 28, 2014February 10, 2014 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Ukraine

Ukraine’s embattled President Victor Yanukovich has agreed to repeal some of the harsh anti-protest laws that have helped fuel increasingly

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Bulgaria 

Stand-off over Sofia University occupation continues

January 27, 2014January 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

The occupation of Sofia University by a group of anti-government protesters continued for a third day on January 27, despite

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Bulgaria 

Flu epidemic declarations close schools in Varna, Dobrich

January 27, 2014February 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Sofia, Varna

Schools in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Varna have been closed until January 31 because of the declaration of an

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Europe 

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: EU countries falling short on hate crime laws

January 27, 2014February 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission used International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27 2014 to call on EU countries that so far

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Europe 

State of emergency on Greece’s Cephalonia island after 5.8 Richter scale quake

January 27, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek interior minister Giannis Mihelakis declared a state of emergency for the island of Cephalonia in Greece on January 27

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Sport 

Bulgaria’s Dimitrov breaks into ATP Tour top 20 after Melbourne run

January 27, 2014January 27, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov’s quarterfinal appearance in the first tennis Grand Slam tournament of the year, the Australian Open, pushed him into

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Bulgaria 

Belated snowfall boosts Bulgaria’s ski resorts

January 27, 2014January 27, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

After many snowless weeks, Bulgaria’s major ski resorts welcomed the snowfall that reached the country this past weekend – but

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