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Day: March 5, 2015

Europe 

Ukrainian army officer Savchenko terminates hunger strike

March 5, 2015 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Nadiya Savchenko, Ukrainian army officer imprisoned in Moscow, has terminated her 80-day hunger strike. After spending 2.5 months on glucosis

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Perspectives 

Moldova after the elections: Politics overtakes reform

March 5, 2015March 5, 2015 Corneliu Ciurea for the European Council on Foreign Relations Moldova

What has happened in Moldova in recent months can be explained by saying that political logic is finally taking revenge

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Leisure 

Film review: American Sniper

March 5, 2015May 10, 2024 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Neither a gung-ho, chest-pounding panegyric to the magnificence of the US military nor a blind defense of the Iraq War,

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Bulgaria 

Gender pay gap in Bulgaria has worsened, but still better than EU average

March 5, 2015March 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

The gender pay gap in Bulgaria widened from 12.3 per cent in 2008 to 13.5 per cent in 2013, but

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Bulgaria 

‘Code red’ weather warning for snow, wind in two Bulgarian districts

March 5, 2015March 6, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria declared a “code red” hazardous weather warning for March 6 in the southern districts of Smolyan and Kurdjali, following

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament sets up committee of inquiry into Corporate Commercial Bank affair

March 5, 2015March 6, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on March 5 2015 to set up an ad hoc committee of inquiry into the conduct of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM names Buchvarova new Interior Minister, wants SANS chief and Interior Ministry chief secretary to quit

March 5, 2015March 7, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on March 5 that he was nominating Deputy Prime Minister Roumyana Buchvarova to become

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Bulgaria 

Head of Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee centre dismissed

March 5, 2015March 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

The head of Bulgaria’s State Agency for Refugees, Nikola Kazakov, has fired the director of the Harmanli refugee centre, Marko

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Bulgaria 

Protest and poser after Bulgarian Interior Minister submits resignation

March 5, 2015March 7, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov

The political drama over the resignation of Bulgaria’s Interior Minister Vesselin Vuchkov continued on March 5 as the formal tabling

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