Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry confiscates Siderov’s firearm
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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Month: May 2014
European elections 2014: Wiesenthal Center urges Ashton to condemn ‘extreme right, neo Nazi’ candidates
The Simon Wiesenthal Centre Director for International Relations, Dr. Shimon Samuels, has urged European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton
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Poland awards ‘Solidarity Prize’ to Crimean Tatar leader
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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Donetsk: Eastern Ukraine descends into chaos, lawlessness
Ukrainian military forces have gained ground in the flashpoint cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast over the past
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Putin urges separatists in Ukraine to postpone referendum
Russian President Vladimir Putin called on separatists in east Ukraine on Wednesday to postpone a referendum on secession for the
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Mourning, but no meaning, as Odessa buries more of its dead
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’s European Parliament elections: Notebook, May 7
The planned flypast by Bulgarian Air Force aircraft on May 6 was cancelled because of bad weather, but amid European
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Ukraine: Struggle over Mariupol – and tensions over May 9 commemorations
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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Bulgaria central bank approves sale of Credit Agricole unit
The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) said on May 7 that it has approved the sale of the Bulgarian subsidiary of
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