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Month: September 2014

World 

Turkey closes border to Syrian refugees

September 21, 2014 VOANews Syrian refugees, Turkey

Clashes erupted on September 21 2014 as Turkey closed its border with northern Syria to halt a massive influx of Kurdish

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian elections 2014: BSP spending most on advertising, bTV earning most

September 21, 2014September 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014, Media

The Bulgarian Socialist Party is so far the biggest spender on media exposure ahead of the October 5 2014 early

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Perspectives 

Bulgarian elections 2014: Politicians bank on Corpbank controversy

September 21, 2014May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian election 2014, CCB affair, Peevski protests

The question of the future of troubled Corporate Commercial Bank is defining debate ahead of Bulgaria’s October 5 early parliamentary

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Europe 

NATO: Ukraine ceasefire is ‘in name only’

September 21, 2014 VOANews Nato, Russia, Ukraine

NATO’s top military commander says he is hopeful the new agreement to create a buffer zone between Ukrainian government troops

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President optimistic on country’s future in gas supply

September 21, 2014September 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s projects on gas supply inter-connectors with Greece and Turkey should be seen as an integral part of the Southern

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian elections 2014: Election commission rejects court decision on closing polling stations in Turkey

September 20, 2014September 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014, Turkey

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has decided not to comply with a ruling by the Supreme Administrative Court not to

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World 

Islamic State militants release 49 Turkish hostages

September 20, 2014 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Turkey’s prime minister said 49 Turkish hostages seized by Islamic State militants in Iraq in June have been freed. Turkey

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Europe 

With war at its doorstep, Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk digs in

September 20, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

On a dusty, pockmarked highway on the southeastern border of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, some 20 scruffy fighters from Ukrainian volunteer battalions

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Europe 

Azeri gas for Ukraine will remain fiction till 2025

September 20, 2014September 20, 2014 The Kyiv Post energy, Russia, Ukraine

Once parts of the same country driven by communist agenda, Ukraine and Azerbaijan could make a good couple for a

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