Italy rescues 3500 migrants, finds 18 bodies at sea
Italian authorities say they have rescued 3,500 migrants and found at least 18 bodies in the Mediterranean Sea since Friday.
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Day: August 24, 2014
What’s On: One Dance Week in Plovdiv from August 28 to September 6
One Dance Week, which includes some of the most up-to-date and progressive dance companies and choreographers from the global dance
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EU commissioner: Privacy and free media need to be balanced
EU Justice Commissioner Martine Reicherts made a speech in protest against companies placing a “spanner in the works” over the
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Bulgaria arrests four for illegal archaeological dig of ancient Roman villa
Police arrested four people who were carrying out an illegal archaeological excavation of an ancient Roman villa in the village
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Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission approves 18 parties, seven coalitions for October elections
Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has accepted the applications of seven coalitions and 18 parties to stand in the country’s
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Ryanair in talks to take over Cyprus airways
Low-cost airline Ryanair holds talks with the Cyprus government about a possible takeover struggling financially Cyprus Airways, which is under
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Merkel visits Kyiv for crisis talks; Russian aid convoy leaves
Western monitors say the Russian aid convoy that crossed into Ukraine Friday has gone back to Russia, easing international tensions
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New Galileo satellites in wrong orbit
The first two Galileo Full Operational Capability (FOC) satellites, launched on August 22 from the Guiana Space Centre, have not
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