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Month: April 2014

Europe 

Italian energy giant submits applications for oil and gas exploration in Greece

April 23, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Italian energy group Enel has submitted three applications to search for oil in three different areas of Greece. The Greek

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Europe 

OSCE calls for release of American Ostrovsky, other journalists in eastern Ukraine

April 23, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Vienna-based Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has called for the immediate release of Simon Ostrovsky, a journalist with

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Europe 

US navy frigate returns to the Black Sea

April 22, 2014April 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine

The US Navy frigate the USS Taylor has passed through the Dardanelles Strait, returning to the Black Sea after repairs

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s media landscape: The more things change?

April 22, 2014April 24, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Media

Just a few days after a deal was announced involving New Bulgarian Media Group’s newspapers and an Irish-owned firm, came

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Europe 

Ukrainian authorities: Russia behind Easter weekend attacks in eastern regions

April 22, 2014April 22, 2014 Mark Rachkevych of The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Kremlin-backed militants in eastern Ukraine took over additional Ukrainian government buildings and attacked military installations over the weekend during a

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Bulgaria 

Drought in Turkey may prompt electricity imports from Bulgaria, Georgia and Iran

April 22, 2014April 23, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Turkey

Drought that has left water levels in reservoirs running seriously low, especially in eastern and south-eastern Anatolia, may prompt Turkey

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Sport 

Bulgaria’s Dimitrov starts as top seed in Bucharest

April 22, 2014April 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov will start his first ATP tournament as the top seed in Bucharest on April 23, when he

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Europe 

Biden arrives in Ukraine as tensions rise

April 21, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Ukraine for talks with the acting president and prime minister as the situation

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Europe 

Easter messages from Russia, Ukraine reveal divide

April 20, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Orthodox Christians in Ukraine and Russia on Sunday celebrated Easter — the holiest day of the Christian calendar — with

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