Police officer dies in siege of house of Bulgarian man who ‘threatened to shoot school pupils’
A police officer died and three were injured in an attempted special operation in the Bulgarian town of Lyaskovets on
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Month: March 2014
Bulgaria and the politics of pension bonuses
The Bulgarian Socialist Party government has been at pains to claim that its decision to hand out pension bonuses at
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Many Crimea students oppose splitting from 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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Opinion: No way out of the Crimea crisis
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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Tatar leader asks Putin to pull Russian troops from Crimea
A Crimean Tatar leader told Russian President Vladimir Putin the secession of Crimea from Ukraine to join Russia would violate
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Ukrainian PM seeks international support at UN
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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No discussions with Turkey on Cyprus natural gas, US company says
US oil and gas company Noble Energy said in a media statement on March 13 2014 that that it had
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Ruling Serbian Progressive Party set for largest share of votes in March 16 election – polls
Aleksandar Vucic’s Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) is set for the largest share of votes in the country’s snap national parliamentary
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Slovakia will elect its president on March 15
On the Ides of March Slovaks will vote to elect a replacement for president Ivan Gašparovič, whose term expires on
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