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Day: October 30, 2014

Europe 

Film-maker Roman Polanski questioned in Poland over US extradition request

October 30, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Polish prosecutors have interrogated Polish-born film director Roman Polanski in connection with a US extradition request over a 1977 sex

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Europe 

NATO chief: Russia’s actions in Ukraine ‘challenge’ security

October 30, 2014 VOANews Greece, Nato, Russia, Ukraine

NATO’s new chief says the Euro-Atlantic alliance is facing “many challenges” from “many directions.” Speaking to reporters Thursday in Athens,

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Europe 

Romania votes to elect new president on November 2

October 30, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

Romanians will head to polling stations on November 2 to elect a new president, with incumbent Traian Basescu stepping down

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Leisure 

Film review: Let’s Be Cops

October 30, 2014October 31, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

There is nothing good to be said about Let’s Be Cops; there are only different shades of terrible. It is

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Leisure 

Film review: Maps to the Stars

October 30, 2014October 30, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Imagine Keeping Up with the Kardashians, but with more drugs, arson and incest. This is as good a place as

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Leisure 

Film review: A Walk Among the Tombstones

October 30, 2014October 30, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Few people can make recovering alcoholics look as good as Liam Neeson, especially when he plays a man struggling with

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s coalition drama: GERB ‘ready’ to sign a coalition agreement with Reformist Bloc

October 30, 2014November 2, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria could be a step closer to a deal on government that would see a GERB-Reformist Bloc coalition with nationalist

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Business 

Bulgaria 38th in World Bank’s Doing Business 2015 rankings

October 30, 2014November 2, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

Bulgaria places 38th out of 189 economies in the World Bank’s Doing Business 2015 rankings, having dropped two places in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria has arrested 472 traffickers of refugees since beginning of August

October 30, 2014October 31, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Syrian refugees

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry has been concentrating its efforts against human traffickers exploiting the refugee influx, with the country arresting 472

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