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Day: February 12, 2015

Europe 

EU leaders mull harsher anti-terror measures

February 12, 2015 Lisa Bryant of VOANews

Just over a month after the Paris attacks, European leaders are meeting to discuss a range of counter-terrorism measures –

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Perspectives 

The new Minsk ceasefire: Avoiding Putin’s trap

February 12, 2015February 12, 2015 Volker Stanzel of the European Council on Foreign Relations

Angela Merkel’s Monday visit to Washington made the gap between Europe and the United States even more obvious than had

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Leisure 

Film review: Fifty Shades of Grey

February 12, 2015February 12, 2015 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

In Seattle, the city that is always wet, not just moist, the still-virginal English Literature student Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson)

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Leisure 

What’s On: Anneke van Giersbergen and Arjen Lucassen’s ‘Gentle Storm’ at Sofia’s Modern Theatre on February 20

February 12, 2015February 11, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

A live production of the Gentle Storm, the Arjen Lucassen-Anneke van Giersbergen project and double concept album, comes to the

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Leisure 

What’s On: UK electronic music duo Lamb at Sofia Live Club on March 8

February 12, 2015February 11, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Lamb, the UK electronic music duo of Andy Barlow and Lou Rhodes, are to perform at Sofia Live Club in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government’s 8 BN euro new debt plan encounters opposition

February 12, 2015February 15, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian centre-right coalition cabinet’s plan for taking on new debt of eight billion euro is encountering reluctance and outright

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Bulgaria 

Final investment decision on Bulgaria – Greece gas interconnector by end of May 2015

February 12, 2015February 12, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

A final investment decision on the construction of a Bulgaria – Greece gas interconnector will be made by the end

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Europe 

Bulgaria welcomes Minsk deal on Ukraine

February 12, 2015February 15, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov said on February 12 2015 that he welcomed the agreement among the leaders of Ukraine,

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Europe 

IMF agrees to $17.5 billion bailout for Ukraine

February 12, 2015February 12, 2015 VOANews IMF, Ukraine

The International Monetary Fund has agreed on a new $17.5 billion bailout deal for Ukraine to help stabilize the country’s

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