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Day: January 8, 2015

Europe 

Merkel: Sanctions on Russia stay until fighting stops in Ukraine

January 8, 2015January 8, 2015 VOANews Ukraine

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that sanctions imposed by the European Union on Russia for supporting separatists in eastern

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Perspectives 

After the Paris Massacre: fighting back with restraint

January 8, 2015January 8, 2015 Nick Witney of the European Council on Foreign Relations editors pick

How to react to this latest outrage? The immediate French response seems to have been rather noble, mixing a determination

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Bulgaria 

US secretary of state John Kerry to visit Bulgaria on January 15 – reports

January 8, 2015January 13, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

US Secretary of State John Kerry is to visit Bulgaria on January 15 2015, according to Bulgarian-language media reports. Plans

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Europe 

US prosecutors ask Poland to extradite filmmaker Roman Polanski

January 8, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland

US prosecutors have sent Poland extradition request for Polish-born filmmaker Roman Polanski, who is wanted in the United States on

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Europe 

EU leaders assess security following Paris attack

January 8, 2015 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews

In the wake of the massacre Wednesday in Paris, European security officials are re-visiting their plans for countering what they

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Leisure 

Film review: St. Vincent

January 8, 2015January 8, 2015 Andre Crous of The Prague Post editors pick

Had it not been for the acting of its three leads, St. Vincent would have been merely a schmaltzy and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian media express solidarity with Charlie Hebdo

January 8, 2015January 13, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Media

A demonstration by staff of Bulgarian National Television outside the public broadcaster’s Sofia head office on January 8 2015 was

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Bulgaria 

Demo to be held in Sofia in solidarity with Charlie Hebdo and freedom of speech

January 8, 2015January 8, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Residents of Sofia have been invited by the Association of Francophone Journalists to attend a gathering to express condolences and

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Bulgaria 

French ambassador to Bulgaria: This was an attack on freedom of speech

January 8, 2015January 13, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The attack on Charlie Hebdo was an attack on freedom of speech, against one of the basic freedoms, French ambassador

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