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Month: June 2014

Bulgaria 

Political uproar over Bulgaria’s suspension of South Stream gas pipeline project

June 9, 2014June 10, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Russia

A predictable political uproar has followed Bulgaria’s announcement that it is stopping all activities linked to South Stream pending dealing

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Europe 

Kosovo PM Thaci’s party claims victory

June 9, 2014 VOANews Kosovo, Serbia

The ruling party of Kosovo’s Prime Minister Hashim Thaci is claiming victory in the country’s parliamentary elections. With about 70

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government plans 224 000 leva for furniture, kitchen equipment for Euxinograd Residence

June 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

Bulgaria’s cabinet has called a public tender for new furniture and kitchen equipment for Euxinograd Residence, the former royal palace

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Red Cross to train taxi drivers to back up emergency medical services

June 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Against a background of continuing protests by emergency medical services staff over poor pay and organisation, the Bulgarian Red Cross

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Bulgaria 

First ‘Run for Tolerance’ held in Plovdiv

June 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia

Athletes, school pupils and other young people took part in the first “Run for Tolerance” held in Plovdiv on June

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Europe 

Polish, German and Russian foreign ministers to discuss Ukraine on June 10

June 9, 2014June 9, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia, Ukraine

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski will meet with his German and Russian counterparts, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Sergey Lavrov, in the

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Europe 

Kosovo elections marked by low voter turnout

June 8, 2014 Deutsche Welle Kosovo

Polling stations closed across Kosovo at 7pm local time (1700 UTC ). The electoral commission reported low voter turnout, saying

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Europe 

Exit poll: Thaci wins June 8 parliamentary elections in Kosovo

June 8, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo

An exit poll by the Gani Bobi Center for Social Studies showed Hashim Thaci’s PDK as the winner of the

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Bulgaria 

Tussles continue among Bulgarian political parties over compulsory voting, election date

June 8, 2014June 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan, Rossen Plevneliev, Sergei Stanishev

After yet another week of political crisis after the powerful defeat dealt to the Bulgarian Socialist Party in the European

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