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Day: October 15, 2014

Europe 

EU calls for stimulus spending to spur economy

October 15, 2014 Lisa Bryant of VOANews

Europe’s largest economy, Germany, slashed its growth forecast and France faces growing calls to cut spending, amid fears Europe may

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Europe 

Funding woes delay new Chernobyl cover

October 15, 2014 Deutsche Welle Ukraine

“There’s no precedent for this anywhere in the world,” Jochen Flasbarth said. “Of course there is uncertainty.” The German Ministry

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Perspectives 

Experts divided over whether sanctions against Russia are working

October 15, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

After several rounds of international sanctions against Russia for its annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula in March and support of

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Europe Sport 

World football officials: Albania-Serbia violence ‘inexcusable’

October 15, 2014October 15, 2014 VOANews Albania, Kosovo, Serbia

The head of European soccer’s governing body has strongly condemned the violence that erupted during Tuesday night’s Albania-Serbia qualifying match

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Europe 

Ukraine: Police officer, suspected of being agent provocateur during Rada clashes, is arrested

October 15, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Ukraine’s Security Service said on October 15 that it had arrested a police officer accused of being an agent provocateur

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Europe 

Putin, Poroshenko to meet in Milan in bid to find peace

October 15, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

At the Asia-Europe summit in Milan on October 16 and 17, Ukrainian President Perto Poroshenko and his Russian counterpart Vladimir

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s coalition talks drama: GERB, Reformist Bloc marathon meeting ends without agreement

October 15, 2014October 18, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2014

More than six hours of talks between GERB and the Reformist Bloc ended with no substantial agreement and for now

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Europe 

Juncker announces portfolio changes for proposed European Commission

October 15, 2014October 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

European Commission President-designate Jean-Claude Juncker announced on October 15 changes to the portfolios he intends allocating, a result of a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian cabinet approves 26.5M leva to overcome aftermath of floods, earthquakes

October 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff floods

Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet has approved additional spending of more than 26.5 million leva (about 13.5 million euro) to prevent and

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