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Month: April 2014

World 

Local elections results pave Erdogan’s way to the presidency

April 3, 2014April 3, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Despite his authoritarian behaviour, the financial scandals, the bans on Twitter and YouTube, Recep Tayyip Erdogan emerged victorious from the

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Europe World 

Turkey restores access to Twitter

April 3, 2014April 3, 2014 VOANews Turkey

Turkey’s government says it has lifted its ban on the social media network Twitter, a day after the country’s top

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Leisure 

What’s On: Massive Attack in Sofia on June 5

April 3, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Three years after their last show in Bulgaria, Britain’s Massive Attack will play at Sofia’s Winter Palace on June 5,

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Leisure 

What’s On: Spain’s Cuarteto Casals at Bulgaria Hall on April 8

April 3, 2014April 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Renowned Spanish string quartet Cuarteto Casals will perform on April 8 2014 at 7.30pm at Bulgaria Hall in Sofia. The

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Leisure 

What’s On: Marc Sleen ‘Nero’ exhibition opens in Sofia on April 6

April 3, 2014April 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhibition of work by famous Belgian cartoonist Marc Sleen, entitled “Nero”, opens in Sofia at the Altronic Lights –

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Bulgaria 

European Parliament report: EC should consider stopping EU funds for Bulgaria

April 3, 2014April 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament

A sharply critical report adopted by the European Parliament on April 3 2014 calls on the European Commission to “seriously

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court agrees to hear case against President’s decree on election commission

April 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court said on April 3 2014 that it had agreed to hear an application lodged against President Rossen

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Europe 

Ukrainian official: Protesters were shot under Yanukovych’s orders

April 3, 2014April 3, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s acting interior minister has alleged that the killing of protesters in Kyiv took place under the orders of ousted

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euro notes in a shopping trolley
Business 

Bulgaria’s retail trade increased 9.2% year-on-year in February 2014 – Eurostat

April 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

The total volume of retail trade in Bulgaria in February 2014 was 9.2 per cent higher than in February 2013,

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