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Day: May 19, 2014

Europe 

Ukraine standoff has worldwide implications

May 19, 2014 Al Pessin of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The continuing East-West standoff over Ukraine is being watched closely elsewhere in Europe and around the world, where the United

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Europe 

Ukraine official: 32 victims of Odessa violence possibly poisoned

May 19, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

A top Ukrainian Interior Ministry official said Monday that 32 pro-Russian protesters who perished in the Odessa trade union building

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian referendum committee targets late October for plebiscite

May 19, 2014May 21, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s initiative committee in support of an electoral rules referendum is targeting late October as the most likely date for

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Bulgaria 

In a blur in HD: Bulgaria’s European Parliament election campaign videos

May 19, 2014May 22, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer editors pick, European elections 2014

There was the sight of Kalfin in a kayak, of Viktor Papazov tending to his beekeeping and, of course, the

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Leisure 

What’s On: Argentinian guitar star Dominic Miller at Sofia Live Club on May 20

May 19, 2014May 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Argentinian guitarist Dominic Miller – famed for, among other things, co-authoring Sting’s Shape of My Heart – brings his Ad

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections: Notebook, May 19

May 19, 2014May 19, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

If the government was a television show, its ratings would mean that it would be cancelled, Reformist Bloc ticket leader

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Europe 

Floods devastate Balkans, displace thousands

May 19, 2014May 19, 2014 VOANews Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia

Floods in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia have killed at least 37 people and left tens of thousands homeless. Much of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Food Safety Agency shuts down supplier to Parliament over bad hygiene

May 19, 2014May 19, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Food Safety Agency said on May 19 that it had closed down a food preparation facility at the President’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s cabinet doles out some goodies ahead of European Parliament elections – report

May 19, 2014May 21, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

A week before Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections on May 25, the country’s cabinet allocated millions of leva for tourism, education,

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