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Day: July 23, 2014

Europe 

France criticised for warships contract with Moscow

July 23, 2014 Lisa Bryant of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

France’s contract to sell a pair of Mistral aircraft carriers to Moscow has come under fire in recent months, as

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Europe 

Dutch mourn victims of Malaysian plane

July 23, 2014 VOANews

Thousands of people lined the roads in the Netherlands on Wednesday, solemnly applauding the slow procession of 40 black hearses

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government’s resignation: first reactions

July 23, 2014July 27, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plamen Oresharski

The much-anticipated formal resignation of the Bulgarian cabinet, nominally headed by Plamen Oresharski, drew only scant reactions from Bulgaria’s largest

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Bulgaria 

Jubilation among anti-government protesters after resignation of Bulgaria’s ‘Oresharski’ cabinet: Photos

July 23, 2014August 1, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Peevski protests, Plamen Oresharski

Four hundred and five days after they began, public protests in Bulgaria demanding the resignation of the government turned to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government tables resignation in Parliament

July 23, 2014July 27, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer and Alex Bivol Peevski protests, Plamen Oresharski, Rossen Plevneliev

The Bulgarian cabinet nominally headed by Plamen Oresharski tabled its resignation in Parliament shortly before 6pm on July 23 2014.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet resignation – what happens next

July 23, 2014July 27, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Plamen Oresharski formally resigned as prime minister on July 23, after weeks of speculation and – in certain quarters – anxiety about

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Bulgaria 

The ‘Oresharski’ cabinet’s disputed legacy

July 23, 2014July 27, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Plamen Oresharski

The resignation of the Bulgarian cabinet sees a predictable deep dispute among rival political camps about its legacy. The subject

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria central bank governor snubbed on resignation offer

July 23, 2014July 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgarian political parties gave short shrift to Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) governor Ivan Iskrov’s offer to resign his position, which

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Bulgaria 

Germany reverses move to return refugees to Bulgaria, State Agency for Refugees head says

July 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

Germany has backtracked on its intention to return more than 2000 refugees to Bulgaria, the head of Bulgaria’s State Agency

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