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Day: March 14, 2014

Bulgaria 

Wounded shooter held after fatal shooting of police officer in Bulgarian town

March 14, 2014March 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

A special operation in the Bulgarian town of Lyaskovets had ended with the arrest of a 53-year-old psychologically ill man

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Bulgaria 

Ukraine crisis shows importance of European integration, Bulgarian President says

March 14, 2014March 16, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Russia, Ukraine

The situation in Ukraine shows the importance of the European integration process for Europe and the world, Bulgarian President Rossen

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Bulgaria 

President Plevneliev announces May 25 as date for Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections

March 14, 2014March 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev announced in the National Assembly on March 14 that the country’s 2014 European Parliament elections would

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Bulgaria 

Police officer dies in siege of house of Bulgarian man who ‘threatened to shoot school pupils’

March 14, 2014March 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

A police officer died and three were injured in an attempted special operation in the Bulgarian town of Lyaskovets on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria and the politics of pension bonuses

March 14, 2014March 16, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

The Bulgarian Socialist Party government has been at pains to claim that its decision to hand out pension bonuses at

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Europe 

Many Crimea students oppose splitting from Ukraine

March 14, 2014March 13, 2014 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ahead of Sunday’s referendum in Crimea over whether to join the Russian Federation, a split between young, educated Crimeans and

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Perspectives 

Opinion: No way out of the Crimea crisis

March 14, 2014May 10, 2024 Bettina Marx of Deutsche Welle Russia, Ukraine

It is rare that a government statement is anticipated with as much deep concern as Chancellor Angela Merkel’s address to parliament on

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Europe 

Tatar leader asks Putin to pull Russian troops from Crimea

March 14, 2014March 14, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

A Crimean Tatar leader told Russian President Vladimir Putin the secession of Crimea from Ukraine to join Russia would violate

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Europe 

Ukrainian PM seeks international support at UN

March 14, 2014March 16, 2014 Margaret Besheer of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk appealed to the U.N. Security Council Thursday for its support to help stop Russia

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