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Month: January 2015

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, 2015May 10, 2024 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

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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Europe 

French PM: ‘Several arrests’ in search for shooters

January 8, 2015 VOANews

The French prime minister says there have been “several arrests” in the search for two suspects in Wednesday’s shooting spree

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Bulgaria 

Electricity companies kept to rules on billing periods – energy minister

January 8, 2015January 11, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Checks of energy distribution companies had established that in more than 99 per cent of cases, the companies kept to

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Europe 

SYRIZA maintains narrow lead over New Democracy, latest polls show

January 8, 2015January 11, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Two opinion polls whose results were made public on January 7 2015 showed that SYRIZA maintained a lead over New Democracy

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Business 

Most developing countries will benefit from oil price slump – World Bank Group

January 8, 2015January 11, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy, World Bank

Gains from low oil prices can be substantial for developing-country importers if supported by stronger global growth, says a World

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