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Month: February 2015

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament rejects socialist motion to reconsider sanctions against Russia

February 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s National Assembly has rejected, for a second time in a week, a proposal by the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria sends urgent note to Turkey and Greece on river levels

February 4, 2015February 4, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Turkey

Bulgaria is sending Turkey and Greece an urgent note on the levels of three rivers as well as of dams

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Europe 

Greek PM set for crucial meeting with European Commission President

February 4, 2015February 4, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met Italian counterpart Matteo Renzi in Rome on February 3 before meetings with European Commission

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Europe 

Polish – Russian World War 2 dispute escalates

February 4, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia

Russian news agency RIA Novosti has published a caricature of Polish Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna presented as a barking dog

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Europe 

Indictment reflects rising pressure on foreign journalists in Turkey

February 4, 2015February 4, 2015 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

A Turkish court will try a Dutch journalist on charges she disseminated “terrorist propaganda.” The indictment could further strain relations between

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Europe 

Macedonian opposition to press criminal charges against PM Gruevski

February 4, 2015February 4, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Macedonia’s largest opposition party LSDM (Macedonian Social Democratic Union) said on February 3 that it would press criminal charges against prime

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria high court acquits former defence minister in bribery case

February 3, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) ruled on February 3 to acquit the country’s former defence minister Nikolai Tsonev and

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Bulgaria 

Floods in Bulgaria: Hundreds evacuated, costs mount

February 3, 2015February 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff floods

More than 200 people were evacuated from the village of Odrintsi in Bulgaria’s Dobrich region on February 3, a day

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People 

Bulgarian actor Zahary Bacharov to appear in Game of Thrones

February 3, 2015February 3, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff editors pick

Bulgarian actor Zahary Bacharov, most recently seen on the big screen in The Monuments Men, has a role as tribal

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