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Month: February 2015

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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Europe 

German, French, Russian leaders conclude crisis talks on Ukraine

February 7, 2015 VOANews Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Russia says crisis talks have ended between President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of France and Germany on a peace

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Bulgaria 

Nato command centres in Romania and Bulgaria draw Russia’s ire

February 7, 2015February 10, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Nato, Romania

Russia threatened to respond in kind to NATO’s February 5 decision to establish new command centres in six countries in

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Bulgaria 

Probe into illegal eavesdropping allegations to be completed soon – Interior Minister

February 6, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Peevski protests

An internal investigation into allegations that Bulgaria’s 2013/14 administration illegally eavesdropped on anti-government protesters would be completed soon, Interior Minister

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Business 

Bulgarian consumer confidence improves – statistics institute

February 6, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Consumer confidence in Bulgaria increased by 4.8 percentage points in January 2015, Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) said on February

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Bulgaria 

The battle over Bulgaria’s Bansko

February 6, 2015February 6, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Business and local authorities in Bulgaria’s winter resort of Bansko who want the go-ahead to build a second cableway have

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Europe 

Kerry, Merkel, Hollande come to Kyiv to find peace; Putin meeting today

February 6, 2015 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

The German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung reported, based on its sources, that the Merkel-Hollande plan will be based on September’s Minsk

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Perspectives 

‘It’s the last chance to keep the peace in Europe’

February 6, 2015 Bernd Johann of Deutsche Welle Russia, Ukraine

The path Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande are now treading to try to end the war in eastern Ukraine will

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