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Day: October 2, 2014

Europe 

Macedonia’s foreign debt in H1 2014 was 5.7 billion euro

October 2, 2014October 2, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Macedonian National Bank said on October 2 that foreign debt in the first six months of 2014 was 5.7 billion euro or 71.66

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World 

IMF’s Lagarde sees disappointing world economic advance

October 2, 2014October 2, 2014 VOANews IMF

The chief of the International Monetary Fund says the world economy is “still dealing with the legacies” of the severe

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Europe 

October 26 parliamentary election puts Ukraine’s democracy to another test

October 2, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s democracy is undergoing another stress test. After successfully holding a presidential election on May 25 even as Russia occupied

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World 

Turkey’s parliament OKs military action in Syria, Iraq against IS

October 2, 2014 VOANews Turkey

The Turkish parliament approved a motion on Thursday enabling the government to authorize cross-border military incursions into Iraq and Syria

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Europe 

Karadzic seeks acquittal on genocide at Hague tribunal

October 2, 2014 VOANews Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia

A lawyer representing former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic told the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia his client

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Leisure 

Film review: Gone Girl

October 2, 2014October 2, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Gone Girl contains numerous plot twists. But don’t worry: This review, amazingly, manages not to reveal a single one of

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Bulgaria 

Polished performance from Bulgaria’s Georgieva at European Parliament confirmation hearing

October 2, 2014October 4, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer European Commission

Three hours of questioning by three European Parliament committees saw Bulgaria’s Kristalina Georgieva, designated vice-president for budget and human resources

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Europe 

Russia cuts gas supplies to Romania while investigation hits Lukoil subsidiary

October 2, 2014October 2, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania, Russia

Romanian officials scrambled to assure Romanians there will not be any sort of problems concerning gas supplies over the winter

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria declares October 3 day of mourning after explosives plant blast

October 2, 2014October 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014

Bulgaria’s cabinet said that October 3 would be a national day of mourning in response to the blast at an

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