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Day: March 19, 2014

Europe 

Russian forces take over Ukrainian military bases in Crimea

March 19, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Russian forces and Russian-backed Crimean “self-defence” units have moved against Ukrainian army bases in Crimea, following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian cabinet approves government securities issue on international capital markets

March 19, 2014March 21, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s cabinet consented on March 19 2014 to preparations to issue government securities on the international capital markets, a government

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Europe 

Yad Vashem marks 70 years since the destruction of Hungarian Jewry

March 19, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Hungary

Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial and Institute in Jerusalem, hosted on March 19 2014 a march of remembrance with dozens

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Europe 

Poll favours opposition candidate in Macedonia’s April presidential elections

March 19, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

A public opinion poll by the Centre for Information and Research (CIG) has declared Macedonian opposition presidential nominee, Stevo Pendarovski,

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Europe 

Cyber peace reigns despite Russia, Ukraine tensions

March 19, 2014March 19, 2014 Matthew Hilburn of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

While tensions on the ground in Ukraine are rising almost daily, one area of potential conflict is eerily quiet. Ukraine

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Europe 

UN chief heads to Moscow, Kyiv

March 19, 2014 Margaret Besheer of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will leave for Moscow and Kyiv Wednesday, in a bid to help diplomatically resolve the crisis

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Europe 

Donetsk Russians say only Putin can save them

March 19, 2014 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

It is a frigid evening in Donetsk’s Lenin Square, but the cold has not deterred a small crowd from maintaining

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Europe 

Crimea turns from tourist spot into peninsula of violence

March 19, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Kidnappings, threats and assaults of Ukrainian activists and journalists have become the norm in Crimea since the Russian military invasion

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s ‘radical Islam’ trial ends in one jail sentence, suspended sentences and fines

March 19, 2014March 21, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The “radical Islam” trial in the Bulgarian town of Pazardzhik that began in September 2012 ended on March 19 2014

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