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Day: April 7, 2014

World 

Turkey vote tally under increased scrutiny

April 7, 2014 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

The recent elections in Turkey are under increased scrutiny, with results being challenged across the country not only by political

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Europe 

Once again, Russian agents attack while Kyiv is caught off guard

April 7, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Unlike in Crimea, pro-Russian uprisings in eastern Ukraine shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone in Kyiv. But once

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Europe 

Macedonia’s electoral campaign dominated by seductive economic and social offers

April 7, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

At the start of the electoral campaign in Macedonia on April 5, political parties unveiled their programmes and social and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Plevneliev in talks with Prince Edward, Duke of Kent

April 7, 2014April 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The military conflicts in Europe in the 20th century proved that there is no alternative to peace, Bulgarian President Rossen

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Bulgaria 

Go-ahead for parades – and perhaps parties – on Bulgaria’s pre-election ‘day of contemplation’

April 7, 2014April 7, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) and the Interior Ministry have agreed that traditional May 24 parades celebrating Saints Cyril and

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Bulgaria 

Identity of terrorist killed in Bourgas Airport bomb attack on Israelis is known – Bulgarian interior minister

April 7, 2014April 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack, Tsvetlin Yovchev

The identity of the terrorist who died in the July 2012 bomb attack on a group of Israeli tourists at

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Europe 

Donetsk separatists declare independence, set May 11 as date of referendum

April 7, 2014 Katya Gorchinskaya of The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

A handful of pro-Russian separatists in the barricaded Donetsk Oblast government administration declared the creation of the Donetsk People’s Republic

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian regulator to rule on electricity distribution licences on April 28

April 7, 2014April 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) held a public hearing on April 7 in its proceedings to repeal

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Europe 

Pro-Russian gunmen seize Ukrainian police headquarters in Luhansk

April 7, 2014April 7, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s interior ministry said pro-Russian gunmen have seized state security headquarters in the eastern city of Luhansk, the scene of

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