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Month: May 2014

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Muslim leader condemns hacking attack on Bulgarian Orthodox Church website

May 16, 2014May 19, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Plovdiv

The Chief Mufti, spiritual leader of Bulgaria’s Muslims, has condemned the hacking attack on the website of the Holy Synod

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Leisure 

What’s On: Verdi’s opera Nabucco at NDK in Sofia on May 17

May 16, 2014May 19, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Nabucco, the opera by Giuseppe Verdi, will be performed by the Stara Zagora State Opera under the direction of Germany’s

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Leisure 

What’s On: Aerosmith at Sofia’s Lokomotiv Stadium on May 17

May 16, 2014May 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Six months after the concert was announced and with just a short while still to wait, excitement is mounting in

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Europe 

European Parliament 2014 elections: TV debate gallops from bad bankers to Ukraine to headscarves

May 16, 2014May 19, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer European elections 2014

Well, we know that the candidates to be the next European Commission President are, at least, united on #BringBackOurGirls. That

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Europe 

European elections 2014: Slovenia – swept by crisis

May 15, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, Slovenia

In several European Union member states, the European Parliament elections this month are seen as a test of electoral strength

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Europe 

European elections 2014: Hungary – Fidesz rampant

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

After the landslide victory of prime minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party in Hungary’s parliamentary elections in April 2014, it would

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Europe 

European elections 2014: Czech populists top polls

May 15, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Czech Republic, European elections 2014

After the Czech Republic held presidential and parliamentary elections in 2013, there is less at stake in the 2014 European

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Europe 

European elections 2014: Croatia – old guard is back

May 15, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, European elections 2014

For the second time in just over 13 months, Croatians will head to polling stations on May 25 to cast

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Europe 

European elections 2014: Slovakia – apathy wins?

May 15, 2014May 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, Slovakia

In the 2009 European Parliament elections, Slovakia – then in its fifth year as an EU member – set a

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