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Day: August 13, 2014

Europe 

Ukraine denies using artillery in cities despite mounting evidence

August 13, 2014August 13, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Over the past several days shells have regularly been crashing into buildings in central Donetsk leaving gaping holes in brick

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria former PM wins slander lawsuit against nationalist leader

August 13, 2014August 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Volen Siderov

The Sofia City Court awarded Bulgaria’s former prime minister Boiko Borissov 180 000 leva in damages in a defamation lawsuit

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Bulgaria 

Clean-up in Bulgaria’s flooded town of Mizia still underway

August 13, 2014August 22, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency floods

Bulgaria’s Kristalina Georgieva, the European commissioner for international cooperation and crisis response, was due to visit on August 13 the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian state lottery jackpot set to hit seven million leva

August 13, 2014August 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

An estimated seven million leva, or about 3.58 million euro, are expected to be up for grabs in one of

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Sport 

Grigor Dimitrov faces Poland’s Janowicz in Cincinnati opener

August 13, 2014August 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov, seeded seventh in the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati this week, will play world number 65

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Leisure 

Greece expecting 19 million tourists this year

August 13, 2014August 13, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The association of Greek tourism enterprises SETE reiterated its confidence that the target of 19 million tourist arrivals set for

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Perspectives 

Turkish markets jittery over Erdogan presidency

August 13, 2014August 13, 2014 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

With the election of Recep Tayyip Erdogan as Turkey’s president, speculation is growing over the future of key economic ministers

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Europe 

Archaeological dig finds Amphipolis tomb, Greek PM visits site

August 13, 2014August 13, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency archaeology, Greece

Greek archaeologists may have made a very important discovery at the ancient city of Amphipolis, in north-eastern Greece, after two

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World 

EU increases aid to displaced Iraqis

August 13, 2014 Lisa Bryant of VOANews European Commission, Kristalina Georgieva

The European Union announced Tuesday it is increasing humanitarian assistance to Iraqis trapped by the fighting in their homeland, but

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