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Month: May 2014

Sport 

Bulgaria’s Dimitrov ousts Berdych in Rome

May 15, 2014May 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov will play Tommy Haas in the quarterfinal of the Rome Masters on May 16 after defeating Czech Tomas

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View overlooking Greek capital city Athens photo Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Europe 

Greece heads for two rounds in May 2014 local election vote

May 15, 2014May 19, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

The more than 9.8 million voters of Greece are being called to the ballot booths on May 18 2014 in

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Europe 

Greek government and main opposition battle over the FT revelations

May 15, 2014May 15, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency European elections 2014, Greece

Greek government and main opposition SYRIZA have started a battle of words regarding the report by the Financial Times on the

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Europe 

Cyprus remains in recession

May 15, 2014May 15, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus

Cyprus remained in recession in the first quarter of the year but with a shallower decline in output on a

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Europe 

US, UK: Tough sanctions against Russia is Ukraine vote is disrupted

May 15, 2014May 15, 2014 Scott Stearns of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and British Foreign Secretary William Hague say the United States and European Union will

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Europe 

Ukraine separatists plan to disrupt presidential poll

May 15, 2014May 15, 2014 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine are planning to disrupt the country’s presidential election scheduled for May 25, but Ukrainian officials

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Europe 

Serbia in state of emergency over flooding

May 15, 2014May 16, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

The Serbian government was to declare a state of emergency in the whole country due to heavy rains and floods, prime

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World 

Grief turns to anger as Turkish unions strike

May 15, 2014May 15, 2014 VOANews Turkey

The image of an adviser to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan kicking a mourner who was protesting the prime minister’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections: Notebook, May 15

May 15, 2014May 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

A Supreme Administrative Court ruling against billboards by Alfa Ataka TV – overruling a previous decision by the Central Election

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