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Month: May 2014

Perspectives 

Right-wing surge in European elections threatens Ukraine’s Western path

May 28, 2014May 29, 2014 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief European elections 2014, Russia, Ukraine

In Ukraine’s presidential election on Sunday, pro-European candidates swept the balloting. But in Europe that day, voters flocked to parties

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Europe 

Donetsk remains lawless place on May 28

May 28, 2014May 28, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Donetsk remained a lawless place on May 28, with the airport closed, the railway station open and a big question

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Leisure 

What’s On: Verdi’s opera Don Carlo at Sofia Opera and Ballet, May 31

May 28, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Guiseppe Verdi’s opera Don Carlo, with Italian bass Carlo Colombara, is to be staged by the Sofia Opera and Ballet

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Business 

Business climate in Bulgaria up, economic sentiment in EU stable – surveys

May 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

In May 2014, Bulgaria’s overall business climate indicator was 4.3 percentage points higher than in April, due to managers’ more

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Bulgaria 

Mestan: ‘very sober’ discussion about early elections needed

May 28, 2014May 29, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) is ready for talks with all political forces to calm the situation in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria facing EU sanctions over South Stream – Barroso

May 28, 2014June 4, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, South Stream

Outgoing European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said that the EC was planning to begin infringement proceedings against Bulgaria for

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Bulgaria 

Ataka to call for nullification of European Parliament results, calls no-confidence vote a ‘farce’

May 28, 2014May 29, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s far-right ultra-nationalist party Ataka, fresh from winning no seats in the country’s European Parliament elections, has ignored calls from

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Beach at Lozenets on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Leisure 

Bulgaria scores high in latest EU bathing waters report

May 28, 2014May 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff beaches

Bulgaria’s coastal bathing waters remain up to the European Union’s mandatory standards, with a growing ratio of spots meeting the

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: 2014 excavation season opens in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

May 28, 2014May 29, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

The public will be able to get a glimpse of the work being done in the centre of Bulgaria’s second

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