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Day: March 30, 2014

Europe 

Turkish media comments on Erdogan’s victory

March 30, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

“The truth is that the AKP has maintained its force in spite of the problems in recent months. The conspiracy

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Perspectives 

Putin and Crimea: A New World Order?

March 30, 2014 Catherine Maddux of VOANews.com Russia, Ukraine

With the stroke of his pen, Russian President Vladimir Putin deepened the divide between East and West by signing a

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Europe 

Erdogan – the winner of the elections

March 30, 2014April 1, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the winner of the March 30 2014 local elections in Turkey. Despite the dozens of corruption

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Europe 

Voting ends in Turkey’s local elections

March 30, 2014 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Voting has ended in critical local elections in Turkey.  Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose government is mired in corruption

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Europe 

Eventful elections in Turkey: Topless protest, daylight savings time confusion – and eight dead

March 30, 2014March 30, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

The women of the Femen organisation turned a large voting centre in Istanbul upside down as Turkish citizens went to

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Perspectives 

Fico’s presidential Waterloo

March 30, 2014 Beata Balogova of The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

Slovakian prime minister Robert Fico will have to swallow a bitter political pill in the next few days after he

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Bulgaria 

Karadere: Protests in the cities, counter-protests in seaside towns

March 30, 2014April 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The latest in a series of protests against construction in the protected area at Karadere on the Black Sea coast

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Europe 

Eight dead in Turkish election violence

March 30, 2014 VOANews Turkey

Eight people were killed Sunday in clashes during Turkey’s local elections. Voting was peaceful throughout most of Turkey, but feuds

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Bulgaria 

US assistant secretary of state Nuland visiting Bulgaria amid mixed signals in Sofia on Russia

March 30, 2014April 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

United States secretary of state Victoria Nuland is due in Sofia on March 31 to meet senior Bulgarian government officials

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