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Month: May 2014

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Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry confiscates Siderov’s firearm

May 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, Volen Siderov

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry has confiscated the firearm of far-right ultra-nationalist Ataka leader Volen Siderov, media reports on May 8 2014

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Europe 

European elections 2014: Wiesenthal Center urges Ashton to condemn ‘extreme right, neo Nazi’ candidates

May 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

The Simon Wiesenthal Centre Director for International Relations, Dr. Shimon Samuels, has urged European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton

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Europe 

Poland awards ‘Solidarity Prize’ to Crimean Tatar leader

May 8, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia, Ukraine

Poland awarded on May 7 2014 a prize for championing democracy and human rights to Mustafa Dzhemilev, the pro-Kyiv leader

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Europe 

Donetsk: Eastern Ukraine descends into chaos, lawlessness

May 8, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainian military forces have gained ground in the flashpoint cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast over the past

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Europe 

Putin urges separatists in Ukraine to postpone referendum

May 7, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin called on separatists in east Ukraine on Wednesday to postpone a referendum on secession for the

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Europe 

Mourning, but no meaning, as Odessa buries more of its dead

May 7, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Odessa, the Black Sea city of one million people noted for its seaside holidays and distinctive sense of humor, is

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections: Notebook, May 7

May 7, 2014May 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

The planned flypast by Bulgarian Air Force aircraft on May 6 was cancelled because of bad weather, but amid European

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Europe 

Ukraine: Struggle over Mariupol – and tensions over May 9 commemorations

May 7, 2014May 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Moldova, Romania, Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainian officials said on May 7 that government forces had retaken the city hall in the south-eastern port of Mariupol,

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Business 

Bulgaria central bank approves sale of Credit Agricole unit

May 7, 2014May 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) said on May 7 that it has approved the sale of the Bulgarian subsidiary of

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