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Month: July 2014

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian business, unions unite in ultimatum to politicians to calm situation, address priorities

July 7, 2014July 7, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

In an unprecedented joint declaration, six Bulgarian private sector and trade union organisations have called on the country’s politicians to

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Europe 

Defence minister says anti-terrorist operation to continue until Ukraine’s east is reclaimed

July 6, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s new defence minister Valeriy Heletey praised the Ukrainian army’s conduct in recapturing the former rebel stronghold of Sloviansk on July

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Bulgaria 

Protest Network to hold two protests on July 7 against visit to Bulgaria by Russian FM Lavrov

July 6, 2014July 7, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgaria’s anti-government Protest Network is to hold two protests on July 7 2014 against the working visit to Sofia by

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Europe 

Holocaust memorial in Athens defaced

July 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

A Holocaust Memorial was defaced in the Greek capital Athens with graffiti threatening the Jewish community, the European Jewish Press

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Europe 

Ukraine troops retake rebel stronghold

July 6, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainian troops have overtaken the rebel stronghold of Slovyansk in the country’s east in a nighttime offensive, and President Petro

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Bulgaria 

Seventh Sofia Pride parade passes off peacefully

July 6, 2014July 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The seventh Sofia Pride parade passed off peacefully, escorted by a strong police presence and with the moral support of

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Bulgaria 

Sergei Stanishev to resign as Bulgarian Socialist Party leader at congress on July 27

July 5, 2014July 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sergei Stanishev

Sergei Stanishev is to resign as leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party at a party congress on July 27 that

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Business 

Fitch affirms Bulgaria’s credit rating, stable outlook

July 5, 2014July 7, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings said it affirmed Bulgaria’s sovereign ratings at BBB-, with a stable outlook. This is the

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Sport 

Bulgaria’s Dimitrov battles hard, loses Wimbledon semi to Djokovic

July 4, 2014July 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov put a spirited fight against number one seed Novak Djokovic on a slippery Centre Court at Wimbledon, but

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