Turkey feeling strain from hosting Syrian refugees
Turkey has maintained an open door policy for people fleeing the conflict in neighboring Syria, but recent violent protests in
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Day: July 24, 2014
European court condemns Poland for hosting secret CIA prisons
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France ruled Thursday that Poland violated the European human rights convention by
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US: Russia firing artillery across Ukraine border
The United States said on Thursday that Russia was firing artillery across the border into Ukraine targeting Ukrainian military positions
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Number of candidates climbs ahead of Bulgarian Socialist Party July 27 leadership battle
The process of electing a new leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party at the special congress to be held on
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What’s On: Bansko Jazz Festival, August 8 to 13
The annual International Jazz Festival in Bulgaria’s mountain resort town of Bansko is being held from August 8 to 13
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Bulgaria begins ritual steps towards caretaker cabinet on road to early elections
A few hours after Bulgaria’s National Assembly accepted the resignation of the cabinet, head of state President Rossen Plevneliev initiated
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Georgieva poised to be Bulgaria’s European Commission nominee as issue passes to caretaker cabinet
Attempts by the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) for the country to name a candidate European Commissioner other than Kristalina Georgieva
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Bulgaria’s Parliament accepts resignation of government
Bulgaria’s unicameral Parliament, the National Assembly, voted on July 24 2014 to accept the resignation of the cabinet that Plamen Oresharski,
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