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Day: May 23, 2014

Bulgaria 

President Plevneliev urges Bulgarians to vote in European Parliament elections

May 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, Rossen Plevneliev

In a special address on the final day of campaigning in Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections, President Rossen Plevneliev has urged

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Europe 

Ahead of Ukraine vote, fighting continues in east

May 23, 2014May 23, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Fighting continued Friday between pro-Russian separatists and government forces in eastern Ukraine, two days before a presidential election. Witnesses and

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Bulgaria 

Limited alcohol ban in Bulgaria for European Parliament elections

May 23, 2014May 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

The timing of the 2014 European Parliament elections on the last weekend of May, the peak of graduation proms in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s eve-of-election no-confidence debate cancelled for lack of quorum

May 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

As had been widely expected, the May 23 sitting of Bulgaria’s National Assembly for a debate on the motion of

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Europe 

Fitch upgrade expected to boost Greek government ahead of crucial elections

May 23, 2014May 23, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency European elections 2014, Greece

Greece’s credit rating was expected to be increased one level by Fitch Ratings on May 23, giving the Greek coalition

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Europe 

Second day of voting in 2014 European Parliament elections

May 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

Voters in two European Union countries, the Czech Republic and Ireland, began voting on May 23 in the 2014 European

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Leisure 

What’s On: ‘Zorba the Greek’ ballet in Sofia

May 23, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Miki Theodorakis’s ballet Zorba the Greek will be performed in Sofia in the park of the GS Rakovski Military Academy

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian-French operation busts Bulgarian organised crime network

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

Bulgarian and French judicial and law enforcement authorities, working in close cooperation with the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) at Europol

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Europe 

Poroshenko goes for first-round win on May 25 in Ukraine elections

May 23, 2014May 23, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

If the polls and the candidate’s confidence in the public mood are right, Petro Poroshenko may get elected in a

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