Putin kicks off Eurasian Union, without 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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Month: May 2014
Ukrainian casualties mount with 12 killed on May 29
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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Promises and problems on the path to Kosovo’s June 8 elections
Campaigning is underway in Kosovo ahead of its snap June 8 parliamentary elections, with all the predictable complexities that means.
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Bulgarian archaeologists dig out remains of 7800-year-old settlement
The archaeology season is fully underway in Bulgaria, despite the rainy weather that has swept over the country in recent
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Film review: Neighbors
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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Storms forecast: Code Orange hazardous weather warning for Western Bulgaria on May 30
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 former interior minister handed four-year jail sentence
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’s ruling axis seeks to close ranks against resignation demands
In spite of the Bulgarian Socialist Party being trounced in European Parliament elections, the parties of the ruling axis –
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Separatists shoot down Ukrainian helicopter
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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