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Month: April 2014

Europe 

Protesters seize broadcaster in Donetsk

April 27, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Pro-Russian protestors occupied the building of the regional state broadcasting company on April 27 after a rally on holding an

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s political parties launch European Parliament election campaigns

April 27, 2014April 29, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Sergei Stanishev, Volen Siderov

While it may seem a fiction given that Bulgaria’s political parties old and new have been in campaign mode for

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Sport 

Bulgaria’s Dimitrov wins second title of 2014

April 27, 2014April 29, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov won his second tournament of the year in Bucharest on April 27, defeating defending champing Lukas Rosol

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Europe 

Macedonia votes in presidential and snap parliamentary elections on April 27

April 27, 2014April 27, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

On April 27, citizens of Macedonia are to choose between two presidential candidates, Gjorge Ivanov from VMRO-DPMNE and Stevo Pendarovski

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Europe 

Pentagon: Russian aircraft enter Ukraine’s airspace several times

April 27, 2014April 29, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

U.S. military officials said Russian aircraft flew into Ukrainian airspace several times Friday. A Pentagon spokesman called on Moscow “to

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Europe 

Ukraine’s PM accuses Russian military of airspace violations

April 27, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s prime minister says Russian military aircraft have repeatedly crossed into Ukraine’s airspace, in what he called Russian aggression designed

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Europe 

Ukraine: Alleged Russian Colonel Strelkov makes public appearance as self-proclaimed chief of ‘Donbass People’s Militia’

April 27, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

The man who Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) wants most in eastern Ukraine, alleged Russian Military Intelligence Colonel Igor Strelkov, has

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World 

Erdogan takes extra measures to prevent Labour Day events in Taksim Square

April 27, 2014April 27, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

The insistence of the Turkish government and prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan regarding the banning of the celebration of Labour

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Europe 

No shale gas production in the next five years, Romanian PM says

April 27, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania

Romania will not exploit its shale gas reserves in the next five years, but beyond this point it will have

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