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Day: February 8, 2014

Europe 

Bosnia quiet but tense after days of violent clashes in Sarajevo, other cities

February 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bosnia and Herzegovina

After three days of violence that arose from protests over economic woes, Sarajevo and other cities were quiet but tense

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Bulgaria 

BSP stood up to ‘subversion’ and government is a success, Stanishev tells congress

February 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Georgi Purvanov, Sergei Stanishev

Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev has told his party comrades that the current government is working “increasingly successfully and

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Europe 

Weekly review: Romania gets into the electoral mood

February 8, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

This week’s events in Romania have confirmed politicians are readying themselves for the two election cycles in 2014 – European

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Bulgaria 

Backtrack on penalties for media damaging ‘good name’ of election candidates

February 8, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Bulgaria’s centre-right former ruling party GERB has backtracked on a proposal to include in the new election code a provision

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Europe 

Dialogue, peaceful resolution of political crisis needed, UN chief tells Yanukovych

February 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Ukraine

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has reiterated to Ukrainian president Victor Yanukovych the urgency of ending the political crisis in

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Europe 

Ukraine: EuroMaidan increases security after bomb cripples two protesters

February 8, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Andriy Parubiy, the security chief of EuroMaidan, instructed the protesters on February 7 to accept no objects from people they

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World 

Turkey: Tightening up on free speech

February 8, 2014February 8, 2014 VOANews Turkey

Turkey this week took a step toward stifling critics and limiting free speech.  Parliament passed a new law Wednesday which,

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Leisure 

Film Review: RoboCop

February 8, 2014February 10, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post editors pick

Compared with Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 original, the new RoboCop does not only have better technology at its disposal but also

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Perspectives 

The Olympics of Control — 2014 or 1984?

February 8, 2014February 8, 2014 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief editors pick, Russia, Sochi Olympics

Sochi may be sunny and the skies bright blue, but I feel as if the Olympics are in 1984. I

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