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Day: August 7, 2014

Leisure 

Film review: Lucy

August 7, 2014August 8, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Effortlessly referencing films as disparate as Nymphomaniac, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Transcendence, although with a deliberate lack of seriousness,

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Leisure 

Film review: Magic in the Moonlight

August 7, 2014August 8, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Woody Allen has a history of making his audience believe that the world he puts up onscreen is real, to

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World 

Analyst: Erdogan presidential bid exploiting privileges of office

August 7, 2014August 7, 2014 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Hundreds of thousands of ruling AK party faithful attended Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s largest-yet presidential rally in Istanbul Sunday,

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Business 

New controversy engulfs South Stream pipeline project in Bulgaria – updated

August 7, 2014August 22, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy, South Stream

Despite its protestations to the contrary, Bulgaria’s now-departed Plamen Oresharski administration appears to have nudged on the project to build

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria signs EU funds agreement for 2014-2020 budget period

August 7, 2014August 22, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on August 7 that it has adopted the partnership agreement with Bulgaria on the use of

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Business 

Bulgaria’s Westinghouse nuclear deal irks socialist circles

August 7, 2014August 7, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, nuclear

Bulgaria’s former economy minister Dragomir Stoynev has been forced, once again, to defend the nuclear deal with US firm Westinghouse

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Europe 

Putin orders import bans on products from sanctioning countries

August 7, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree banning or limiting imports of agricultural products from countries that have placed

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Europe 

Protesters thwart Kyiv city government attempts to clear Maidan

August 7, 2014August 7, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Protesters are resisting the most serious attempt yet to clean up Maidan, or Independence Square, since the EuroMaidan revolution ended

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Europe 

Hungarians in Romania launch bid for territorial autonomy

August 7, 2014August 7, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Hungary, Romania

The Democratic Union of Magyars in Romania (UDMR), the sole party representing the Hungarian ethnic minority in the Romanian parliament,

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