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Day: June 5, 2014

Europe 

Obama finds support, criticism on Europe visit

June 5, 2014 Al Pessin of VOANews

U.S. President Barack Obama spent the week in Europe, grappling with a variety of issues, and finding varying degrees of

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Europe 

Kosovo’s June 8 elections: The Serb – and Serbian – factors

June 5, 2014June 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Kosovo, Serbia

Just four days before Kosovo’s snap parliamentary elections on June 8 2014, the mayors of four municipalities in the northern

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections: How most pollsters got it wrong

June 5, 2014June 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

As the ramifications of Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections continue to unfold, seemingly now bringing forward a realistic prospect of early

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Leisure 

Film review: The Edge of Tomorrow

June 5, 2014June 5, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

In The Edge of Tomorrow, mimics are taking over the world, and it’s up to one man to save mankind

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Bulgaria 

Borissov responds to Mestan: Talks with President on early elections ‘should start tomorrow’

June 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan

Talks with the President on a date for early national parliamentary elections “should start tomorrow”, Boiko Borissov, leader of centre-right

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian political party BWC threatens court action over TV reports on election irregularities

June 5, 2014June 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, Media

The Bulgaria Without Censorship (BWC) party, which ran fourth in European Parliament elections to capture two out of 17 seats,

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Bulgaria 

Anti-Semitic slogan, swastika daubed on Sofia Synagogue

June 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

An anti-Semitic slogan, “death to Jews”, along with a swastika were daubed on a fence outside Sofia Central Synagogue on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms calls for early parliamentary elections by end of 2014

June 5, 2014June 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, Lyutvi Mestan, Plamen Oresharski

The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) believes that early parliamentary elections should be held by the end of 2014,

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Europe 

G7 leaders focus on Russia, Ukraine in second day of talks

June 5, 2014June 5, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Leaders from the Group of Seven industrialized economies gather Thursday in Brussels for a second day of meetings. The talks

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