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Month: June 2014

Europe 

In Moldova, visa-free does not mean poverty-free

June 13, 2014June 13, 2014 The Kyiv Post Moldova

A short while ago, it was unaffordable for the family of Ecaterina Hauca (15) from the village of Tigheci in

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Europe 

Uni joins effort to send flood relief to Balkans

June 13, 2014 The Budapest Times Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Serbia

The Balkan flood has slipped out of the media spotlight but the devastation remains. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia need

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Leisure 

What’s On: Tales of Hoffman opera at the National Palace of Culture, June 19

June 13, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The Rousse State Opera will be taking part in the Salon des Arts with a performance of Jacques Offenbach’s Tales

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Leisure 

Film review: A Million Ways to Die in the West

June 12, 2014June 12, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Far from an actual Western but not as funny or as wacky as Blazing Saddles, Seth MacFarlane’s A Million Ways

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Leisure 

Film review: Grace of Monaco

June 12, 2014June 12, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Grace of Monaco arrives in local cinemas with what might be the worst word of mouth any film has had

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Business 

Bulgaria annual deflation rises to 2.0% in May

June 12, 2014June 12, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index shrank again in May, by 0.5 per cent, pushing the annual deflation figure at the end

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Bulgaria 

Stanishev attempts fancy footwork on election date, resignation of cabinet

June 12, 2014June 17, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sergei Stanishev

It was Richard M Nixon, who had some experience of failure, who said that finishing second in the Olympics gets

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Bulgaria 

Monica Stanisheva investigated over ‘Hochegger affair’

June 12, 2014June 12, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sergei Stanishev

Monica Stanisheva, spouse of Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev, is being investigated in connection with allegations arising from Austria’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s MEPs take their places in European Parliament political groupings

June 12, 2014June 12, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, European Parliament

The 17 MEPs elected by Bulgaria in the country’s May 25 European Parliament elections have taken their places in the

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