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The Polish parliament, the Sejm, has said that shechita, the kosher slaughter of animals, is permitted in Poland if performed for the needs of Jewish communities while still forbidding the […]
In the foreseeable future, Ukraine is going to cost the West a lot of money. The European Union has earmarked 1.6 billion euros ($2.2 billion) for sho ...
The White House has objected to Russia’s increase in natural gas prices for Ukraine on Thursday and said that markets should determine prices. W ...
Heads may roll in Slovakian prime minister Robert Fico’s cabinet in the wake of his presidential election loss to philanthropist Andrej Kiska. While ...
Despite his authoritarian behaviour, the financial scandals, the bans on Twitter and YouTube, Recep Tayyip Erdogan emerged victorious from the local elections with 45 per cent of the votes. Now […]
Turkey’s government says it has lifted its ban on the social media network Twitter, a day after the country’s top court said the ban violated free speech. The country’s telecommunications […]
Three years after their last show in Bulgaria, Britain’s Massive Attack will play at Sofia’s Winter Palace on June 5, the first in a series of gigs sprinkled through the […]
Renowned Spanish string quartet Cuarteto Casals will perform on April 8 2014 at 7.30pm at Bulgaria Hall in Sofia. The quartet, based at l’Auditori in Barcelona, is made up of […]
An exhibition of work by famous Belgian cartoonist Marc Sleen, entitled “Nero”, opens in Sofia at the Altronic Lights – Suspasious gallery on April 6 at 6pm and continues until […]
A sharply critical report adopted by the European Parliament on April 3 2014 calls on the European Commission to “seriously examine whether it is even possible for EU funds to […]
