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Month: July 2014

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Bulgarian Socialist Party in new bid for tough rules on media in 2014 early elections (updated)

July 18, 2014July 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Three MPs from the Bulgarian Socialist Party have tabled proposed legislative amendments in the National Assembly on heavy penalties for

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Europe World 

Bulgaria’s European Commissioner Georgieva calls for objective international investigation into downing of Malaysian aircraft over Ukraine

July 18, 2014July 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Kristalina Georgieva, Bulgaria’s European Commissioner, said on July 18 that she expects an objective international investigation into the bringing down

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Bulgaria World 

Bulgarian President joins calls for ‘immediate and full’ international investigation into downing of MH17 over Ukraine

July 18, 2014July 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has joined calls for an immediate and full international investigation to determine the causes and those

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria names Lebanese-born bomber in Bourgas Airport terrorist attack against Israelis

July 18, 2014July 21, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack

Bulgaria has named the bearer of the bomb used in a July 18 2012 terrorist attack at Bourgas Airport that

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Europe 

Poroshenko: ‘This is a wake-up call for the whole world’

July 18, 2014July 18, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

The following is an English-language transcript of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko after a surface-to-air missile fired from Russian-backed insurgent territory

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World 

International demands for clarity on responsibility for downing of Malaysian aircraft over eastern Ukraine

July 18, 2014July 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Union is among those demanding clarity on the facts of the downing of Malasyian Airlines Flight MH17 in

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Bulgaria 

Germany plans to return 3000 refugees to Bulgaria – report

July 18, 2014July 18, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Syrian refugees

Authorities in Germany plan to begin to return to Bulgaria close to 3000 refugees from next week, a report in

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Europe 

International police operation busts Romanian ‘cybercriminal’ network

July 18, 2014July 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

About 65 people were taken into custody and large sums of money, luxury vehicles and IT equipment when an international

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Europe 

Ukraine claims to have intercepted phone conversations of separatists admitting downing a civilian plane

July 17, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was allegedly shot down by a group of Russian-backed Cossack

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