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Day: February 8, 2015

Leisure 

What’s On: First Comedy Festival Sofia 2015

February 8, 2015February 10, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff editors pick, Sofia

What is billed as the first Comedy Festival Sofia 2015 is being held in the Bulgarian capital city from February

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Leisure 

What’s On: Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde at Sofia Opera

February 8, 2015February 10, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff editors pick, Sofia

Sofia Opera and Ballet will premiere Tristan and Isolde on February 26 2015 at 6pm, the first time that Wagner’s

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Europe 

Leaders agree to new Ukraine peace talks

February 8, 2015February 8, 2015 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany discussed by phone on Sunday a French-German peace plan to end the

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Bulgaria 

Ethnic Bulgarians in Ukraine welcome in Bulgaria – PM Borissov

February 8, 2015February 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Ethnic Bulgarians in Ukraine are welcome in Bulgaria, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on February 8. A day earlier, local

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria eases issuing of tourist visas to Russians, Ukrainians

February 8, 2015February 10, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, tourism, Ukraine

Procedures for issuing tourist visas to nationals of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Georgia will be eased,

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Europe 

Obama, Merkel to look for solution on Ukraine

February 8, 2015 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in Kyiv and Moscow over the last few days, came away with no peace deal in

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Europe 

Greece to present new debt plan to EU

February 8, 2015February 9, 2015 Deutsche Welle Greece

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said on Saturday that he would hand his European Union counterparts an outline for a

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Europe 

Slovak referendum on ‘family’ invalid, turnout low

February 8, 2015 The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

Slovakia’s February 7 referendum on family may be invalid as just 21.3 per cent of eligible voters cast their ballot, suggest the

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Bulgaria 

Biden: Bulgaria can be a factor for change in South Eastern Europe

February 8, 2015February 10, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria can be a factor for change in the region of South Eastern Europe, United States vice president Joe Biden

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