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Day: February 20, 2014

Europe 

EU agrees to targeted sanctions against Ukraine

February 20, 2014February 23, 2014 Lisa Bryant of VOANews Ukraine

The European Union has agreed to impose sanctions against Ukraine, including visa bans and asset freezes targeting those believed responsible

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Europe 

EU talks with government, opposition in Ukraine continue

February 20, 2014 VOANews Ukraine

Three foreign ministers from the EU are in talks again with President Viktor Yanukovych on finding a way out of

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Europe 

Poland ready to accept Ukrainians seeking medical help or refugee status

February 20, 2014February 21, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Ukraine

Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk said that Polish hospitals are getting ready to take in Ukrainian citizens injured in the

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Europe 

Slovakia on alert over neighbouring Ukraine

February 20, 2014 Michaela Terenzani-Stankova of The Slovak Spectator Slovakia, Ukraine

Slovakian foreign minister Miroslav Lajčák and other EU foreign ministers were meeting to impose sanctions on people who are, in

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Leisure 

Film review: Inside Llewyn Davis

February 20, 2014February 20, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Two-thirds into Inside Llewyn Davis, the titular main character, a folk singer with a beautiful voice but no money, finally

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Leisure 

Film review: Saving Mr. Banks

February 20, 2014February 20, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

However mean you think Mary Poppins was, the woman who created her gave the impression of being even meaner. And

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Bulgaria 

Question marks loom larger over proposed new election code

February 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s members of Parliament spent several hours on February 20 voting on the second reading of the proposed new election

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Bulgaria 

Third suspected accomplice identified in Bourgas Airport terrorist bombing

February 20, 2014February 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack

A third suspected accomplice in the July 2012 Bourgas Airport terrorist bombing in which five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Football fan clubs distance themselves from attack on Plovdiv mosque

February 20, 2014February 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Football fan clubs in Plovdiv have sought to distance themselves from the anti-Islamic mob attack on the Dzhumbaya mosque in

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