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Month: October 2014

Europe 

Exit Poll: Pro-Europe forces ahead in Ukraine election

October 26, 2014 VOANews Ukraine

President Petro Poroshenko’s political bloc, along with other pro-Europe forces, are decively leading in Sunday’s parliamentary election in Ukraine, an

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Europe 

Ukraine elections: Exit polls – seven parties get into parliament

October 26, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

The Bloc of Petro Poroshenko, Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s People’s Front, party of Lviv mayor Andriy Sadovy Samopomich, Opposition Bloc, Oleh Lyashko’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s bad weekend weather: Woman found drowned in Bourgas, situation still serious in three regions

October 26, 2014October 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The situation in most of Bulgaria on October 26 was normalising after the heavy snowfall, torrential rains and strong winds

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Bulgaria 

Corporate Commercial Bank saga: Borissov wants BNB leadership gone as soon as possible

October 26, 2014October 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, CCB affair

The leadership of central Bulgarian National Bank must be replaced as soon as possible because they had been deliberately idle

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Europe 

Ukraine voting for new parliament

October 26, 2014October 27, 2014 VOANews Ukraine

Ukraine is voting for a new parliament. The election Sunday is the first parliamentary poll since street protests in the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s coalition drama: Borissov ‘worried’ about chance of stable government

October 26, 2014October 27, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian election 2014

Talks on October 26 between GERB leader Boiko Borissov and Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Mihail Mikov produced confirmation that the

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Europe 

Putin: Ukraine not interested in dialogue

October 25, 2014October 25, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he does not see a desire by the Ukrainian government to settle the conflict in

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Europe 

Central European leaders speak (some) English

October 25, 2014October 25, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

It is said that English is one of the easiest languages to speak, at least on a basic level, but

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Bulgaria 

Heavy snowfall in Bulgaria disrupts road and rail traffic, Code Red weather warning in five parts of the country because of rain, wind and snow

October 25, 2014October 27, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Road, rail and sea traffic in Bulgaria was disrupted on October 25 by heavy snowfall, rain and strong winds, while

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