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Day: August 24, 2014

Europe 

Italy rescues 3500 migrants, finds 18 bodies at sea

August 24, 2014 VOANews

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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Leisure 

What’s On: One Dance Week in Plovdiv from August 28 to September 6

August 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

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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Europe 

EU commissioner: Privacy and free media need to be balanced

August 24, 2014August 24, 2014 The Prague Post Media

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 

Bulgaria arrests four for illegal archaeological dig of ancient Roman villa

August 24, 2014August 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

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 

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission approves 18 parties, seven coalitions for October elections

August 24, 2014August 30, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

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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Leisure 

Ryanair in talks to take over Cyprus airways

August 24, 2014August 24, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus

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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Europe 

Merkel visits Kyiv for crisis talks; Russian aid convoy leaves

August 24, 2014August 24, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Western monitors say the Russian aid convoy that crossed into Ukraine Friday has gone back to Russia, easing international tensions

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World 

New Galileo satellites in wrong orbit

August 24, 2014August 24, 2014 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post final frontier

The first two Galileo Full Operational Capability (FOC) satellites, launched on August 22 from the Guiana Space Centre, have not

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