US, UK: Tough sanctions against Russia is Ukraine vote is disrupted
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and British Foreign Secretary William Hague say the United States and European Union will
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Day: May 15, 2014
Ukraine separatists plan to disrupt presidential poll
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine are planning to disrupt the country’s presidential election scheduled for May 25, but Ukrainian officials
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Serbia in state of emergency over flooding
The Serbian government was to declare a state of emergency in the whole country due to heavy rains and floods, prime
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Grief turns to anger as Turkish unions strike
The image of an adviser to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan kicking a mourner who was protesting the prime minister’s
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Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections: Notebook, May 15
A Supreme Administrative Court ruling against billboards by Alfa Ataka TV – overruling a previous decision by the Central Election
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Bulgaria’s SJC suspends judges indicted in EU funds embezzlement probe
Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) ruled on May 15 to suspend two senior judges indicted in an EU funds embezzlement
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EBRD: Russia-Ukraine crisis threatens recovery in transition region
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on May 14 that the continued tension between Russia and Ukraine
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Bulgaria’s economy grows by 0.2% in Q1
Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.2 per cent in the first quarter of this year using seasonally-adjusted data, compared to the
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Bulgarian doctors in symbolic protest
Bulgarian doctors across the country took part in a symbolic protest on May 15 2014, wearing ribbons and warning that
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