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Day: April 9, 2015

Bulgaria 

Warnings on traffic congestion as Bulgaria heads into Easter holidays

April 9, 2015April 14, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Hundreds of thousands of Bulgarians were expected to hit the road for the four-day Easter weekend from April 10 to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors issue new indictment in CCB probe

April 9, 2015April 15, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

The steady drip of indictments in the investigation into the events that led to the collapse of Bulgaria’s fourth-largest lender,

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Bulgaria 

One dead, three missing after hotel collapse near Bulgaria’s Varna

April 9, 2015April 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

One person died and three were missing after a hotel collapsed near the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Varna late

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President calls national security council meeting on state of armed forces

April 9, 2015April 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has called a meeting of the Consultative Council on National Security for April 27 to discuss

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Europe 

Greece makes IMF payment, but uncertainty over euro zone future continues

April 9, 2015April 9, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency euro zone, Greece, IMF

Greece’s existing cash reserves will reportedly, based on Finance Ministry estimations, be sufficient only until April 24, when the Eurogroup

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Bulgaria 

Probe against former Bulgarian Parliament deputy speaker heads to court

April 9, 2015April 14, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on April 9 that it has finished the investigation against Hristo Biserov, a former deputy leader

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Europe 

Turkey’s political party lists become litmus test for power

April 9, 2015April 9, 2015 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is continuing to wield influence ahead of the country’s June 7 general elections, despite a

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Europe 

Amnesty alleges summary killings by rebels in Ukraine

April 9, 2015April 9, 2015 VOANews Ukraine

A human rights group says it has new evidence of “execution-style killings” by pro-Russian armed groups in eastern Ukraine and

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Leisure 

Film review: Fast & Furious 7

April 9, 2015April 9, 2015 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

The death of Paul Walker in November 2013 cast a pall over the future of the lucrative Fast & Furious

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