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Day: June 20, 2014

Europe 

Anger, threats in Ukraine’s capital over ceasefire proposal

June 20, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Separatists in Ukraine’s restive east have rejected the government’s offer of a unilateral ceasefire, and angry citizens in the streets

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President closely monitoring situation after fatal floods hit Varna

June 20, 2014June 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Varna, Varna floods

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev is in constant contact with interior minister Tsvetlin Yovchev and Varna mayor Ivan Portnih regarding the

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Bulgaria 

Political war of words over fatal floods in Bulgaria’s Varna

June 20, 2014June 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Plamen Oresharski, Rossen Plevneliev, Tsvetlin Yovchev, Varna, Varna floods

Amid the superheated Bulgarian political crisis, it was arguably inevitable that the floods that hit the Black Sea city of

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Europe 

Polish PM Tusk: Wiretapping scandal may force early parliamentary elections

June 20, 2014June 20, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Prime Minister Donald Tusk does not rule out early elections “in the coming weeks” if the “crisis of trust” and

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Europe 

Fitch sees Cyprus return to international markets as positive

June 20, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus

The return of Cyprus to the international markets was described on June 19 as positive by Fitch Ratings. But the agency

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Europe 

Unesco chief Irina Bokova denounces killing of journalists in eastern Ukraine

June 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom, Bulgaria’s Irina Bokova, denounced on June 19 the

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