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Day: May 15, 2014

Europe 

US, UK: Tough sanctions against Russia is Ukraine vote is disrupted

May 15, 2014May 15, 2014 Scott Stearns of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

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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Europe 

Ukraine separatists plan to disrupt presidential poll

May 15, 2014May 15, 2014 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

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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Europe 

Serbia in state of emergency over flooding

May 15, 2014May 16, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

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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World 

Grief turns to anger as Turkish unions strike

May 15, 2014May 15, 2014 VOANews Turkey

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 

Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections: Notebook, May 15

May 15, 2014May 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

A Supreme Administrative Court ruling against billboards by Alfa Ataka TV – overruling a previous decision by the Central Election

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s SJC suspends judges indicted in EU funds embezzlement probe

May 15, 2014May 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

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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Business 

EBRD: Russia-Ukraine crisis threatens recovery in transition region

May 15, 2014May 18, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators, Russia, Ukraine

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on May 14 that the continued tension between Russia and Ukraine

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Business 

Bulgaria’s economy grows by 0.2% in Q1

May 15, 2014June 4, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

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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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian doctors in symbolic protest

May 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian doctors across the country took part in a symbolic protest on May 15 2014, wearing ribbons and warning that

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