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Day: May 29, 2014

Europe 

Putin kicks off Eurasian Union, without Ukraine

May 29, 2014May 29, 2014 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, Ukraine

Moscow increasingly speaks of Russia’s “sphere of influence.” And, on Thursday, President Vladimir Putin took a major step in securing

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Europe 

Ukrainian casualties mount with 12 killed on May 29

May 29, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

A Ukrainian general was among the 12 Ukrainian servicemen killed while aboard an Mi-8 helicopter that Kremlin-backed insurgents shot down

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Europe 

Promises and problems on the path to Kosovo’s June 8 elections

May 29, 2014May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Kosovo, Serbia

Campaigning is underway in Kosovo ahead of its snap June 8 parliamentary elections, with all the predictable complexities that means.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian archaeologists dig out remains of 7800-year-old settlement

May 29, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

The archaeology season is fully underway in Bulgaria, despite the rainy weather that has swept over the country in recent

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Leisure 

Film review: Neighbors

May 29, 2014May 29, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Neighbors is a Seth Rogen comedy, which means he doesn’t stop talking, his character’s sexuality is in a gray zone,

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Bulgaria 

Storms forecast: Code Orange hazardous weather warning for Western Bulgaria on May 30

May 29, 2014June 2, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Bulgaria’s weather office has issued a “Code Orange” hazardous weather warning for western and parts of southern Bulgaria for May

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria former interior minister handed four-year jail sentence

May 29, 2014June 2, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetan Tsvetanov

The Sofia City Court sentenced Tsvetan Tsvetanov, MP for opposition party GERB who served as interior minister in Boiko Borissov’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s ruling axis seeks to close ranks against resignation demands

May 29, 2014June 2, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Lyutvi Mestan, Sergei Stanishev

In spite of the Bulgarian Socialist Party being trounced in European Parliament elections, the parties of the ruling axis –

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Europe 

Separatists shoot down Ukrainian helicopter

May 29, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have shot down a Ukrainian military helicopter, killing 14 government troops, including a general. Acting

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