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Month: April 2014

Europe 

Incumbent Ivanov leads in Macedonia’s presidential elections

April 13, 2014April 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Incumbent president Gjorge Ivanov was leading in Macedonia’s April 23 2014 elections, with 51.92 per cent with close to 92

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Europe 

Ukraine announces ‘full-scale’ assault on pro-Russia militias

April 13, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine says it is launching a “full-scale anti-terrorist operation” against pro-Russian militias in eastern Ukraine. In a televised speech Sunday,

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Europe 

Macedonia holds presidential election

April 13, 2014 VOANews Macedonia

Macedonia is voting for a president Sunday. Incumbent President Gjorge Ivanov is one of four candidates seeking the largely ceremonial

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Bulgaria 

Armed, pro-Russian separatists lay siege to Donetsk Oblast as Ukrainian government struggles to combat

April 13, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Amid reports of casualties on both sides as Ukrainian forces battle pro-Russian militias in Sloviansk, other armed separatists continued to

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Europe 

Ukraine’s president calls emergency meeting; Pro-Russia protests grow

April 13, 2014 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Pro-Russian protesters in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk have forced the local police chief to resign, after threatening to

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Europe 

Shootout in Kramatorsk next on wave of Russian assault on Donetsk Oblast

April 13, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Pro-Russian forces are taking part and leading attacks on government buildings in Donetsk Oblast, including police and security service stations,

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Bulgaria 

Fogh Rasmussen: Bulgaria stronger in Nato and Nato stronger with Bulgaria

April 11, 2014April 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

The Nato allies must stop the decline of defence budgets and start reversing the trend, Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh

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Bulgaria 

Building of metro railway line to Sofia Airport on track – mayor

April 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Construction of the metro railway line to Sofia Airport is on schedule and the section from Tsarigradsko Chaussée to the

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv court suspends Muslim property claim case

April 11, 2014April 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The Regional Court in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv suspended proceedings on April 11 2014 in a case involving claims by

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