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Month: February 2015

Europe 

Moscow prepares for march commemorating Russian opposition leader

February 28, 2015 VOANews Russia

Authorities are preparing for tens of thousands to march in central Moscow Sunday in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov,

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Bulgaria, European, US leaders condemn murder of Russian opposition politician Nemtsov

February 28, 2015March 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgaria sharply condemns the murder of prominent Russian opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov, Foreign Minister Daniel

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Europe 

Russian opposition leader murdered in Moscow

February 28, 2015February 28, 2015 VOANews Russia

Major Russian opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov was shot dead Friday night in central Moscow. The

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Europe 

Romanian defence ministry denies conscription amid conflict in Ukraine

February 28, 2015February 28, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania, Ukraine

Romanian defence ministry Mircea Dusa said on February 27 that there was no conscription underway in the country amid the military

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Perspectives 

Ruxit is real: Russia’s exit from Europe

February 28, 2015 Josef Janning of the European Council on Foreign Relations Russia

Leaving aside a few brief moments in the Russian policy discourse of the 1990s, post-Soviet Russia has always thought of

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Europe 

Opposition leader Boris Nemtsov killed in Moscow

February 28, 2015 The Kyiv Post Russia

Boris Nemtsov, Russian politician opposed to the country’s leader Vladimir Putin, was killed on February 27 in Moscow. An unidentified

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Business 

Swarovski moves its plant to Serbia

February 28, 2015February 28, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

Austrian producer of luxury cut lead glass Swarovski is to move its plants from China and Czech Republic to Austria and

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Europe 

German MPs approve Greek bail-out extension

February 27, 2015February 28, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency euro zone, Greece

The Bundestag voted overwhelmingly in favour of the four-month extension of the Greek bailout on February 27, achieving the biggest

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General defends probe into Protest Network activists

February 27, 2015March 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Media, Peevski protests

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has sought to defend the investigation, including a tax probe, into four activists from the Protest

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