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Month: May 2014

Perspectives 

Beyond May 25: The meaning of Bulgaria’s European Parliament election

May 22, 2014May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer European elections 2014

Expect, on the night of May 25 as Bulgaria’s political parties hold their ritual post-results news conferences, to hear from

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Leisure 

Film review: Godzilla

May 22, 2014May 22, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. That is exactly what the scientist character (because there has to be one)

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Perspectives 

Of South Stream and European Parliament elections

May 22, 2014May 10, 2024 Alex Bivol European elections 2014

European Parliament election campaigns in member states often pass with little to no discussion of the pan-European issues – the empty

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections: Notebook, May 22

May 22, 2014May 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

Bulgaria’s political parties have until midnight brings May 23 to an end to make their final moves to win votes

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Europe 

Pro-Russian separatists kill 8 Ukrainian soldiers

May 22, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Pro-Russian separatists have clashed with Ukrainian forces in eastern Ukraine, leaving at least eight Ukrainian soldiers dead and 17 others

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria 56th out of 60 in world competitiveness index

May 22, 2014May 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria is in 56th place in the World Competitiveness Yearbook 2014 results, compiled by the Lausanne-based IMD World Competitiveness Centre,

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Bulgaria 

Don’t all rush: 69 foreigners applied to vote in Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections

May 22, 2014May 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

A total of 69 citizens of other European Union countries have applied to vote in Bulgaria’s May 25 2014 European

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch, Chief Mufti underline good relations between Christians and Muslims

May 22, 2014May 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Neofit and Chief Mufti Mustafa Hadji have held talks, emphasising good relations of mutual respect

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Europe 

Serbia’s floods: Did evacuation happen soon enough?

May 22, 2014May 22, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

Serbian prime minister Aleksandar Vucic said that 27 people have died in floods that have affected the country since May

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