The worst mine tragedy in the history of Turkey
Turkey is faced with the worst mine disaster in its history. Up to Tuesday afternoon they had pulled out 238
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Month: May 2014
Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections: Notebook, May 14
A commentator on media coverage of the campaign ahead of Bulgaria’s May 25 2014 European Parliament elections said that the
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Ukraine holds national unity talks
Ukraine is hosting “national unity” talks Wednesday, a day after pro-Russian separatists killed seven Ukrainian soldiers in an ambush of
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Former constitutional judge: Committee investigating President Plevneliev is unconstitutional
A former judge in Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court has become the latest expert to say that the parliamentary committee set up
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit to visit Russia
Patriarch Neofit, head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, is to visit Russia from May 23 to 29, the church’s governing
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FT revelations cause political upheaval in Greece ahead of election battle
Greek main opposition party leader Alexis Tsipras took a swipe at Prime Minister Antonis Samaras labelling him “Barroso’s puppet” on
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Ukraine adopts more conditions to secure visa-free travel to European Union
Ukraine came one big step closer to meeting the requirements for a visa-free regime with European Union with parliament’s adoption
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ADL survey of anti-Semitism: Bulgaria worse than Eastern Europe average
Eastern Europe ranks second among the world’s regions in anti-Semitic attitudes, and Bulgaria is worse than the average, scoring 44
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Tusk about Orban’s statement: unfortunate and disturbing
Polish prime minister Donald Tusk said that the statement by Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban about what sort of autonomy
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