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Day: May 9, 2015

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to increase staff to issue visas to Russian and Ukrainian tourists

May 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria is to post additional staff to consular offices in Moscow, St Petersburg, Kyiv and Odessa to meet the expected

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Europe 

Massive Russian parade marks end of World War 2 in Europe

May 9, 2015 VOANews

Thousands of soldiers and scores of tanks rumbled across Red Square and dozens of aircraft new and old roared overhead

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Europe 

Armed clashes in Kumanovo between police and armed group

May 9, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

There were armed clashes on May 9 between police and an armed group in the centre of Kumanovo in northern Macedonia.

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Bulgaria 

Don’t call me king during liturgies, Saxe-Coburg tells Bulgarian Orthodox Church

May 9, 2015May 12, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgaria’s former monarch and former prime minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg has written to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body the Holy

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s political divisions over Europe Day, VE Day and the show in Moscow

May 9, 2015May 12, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Russia

Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev took part on May 9 in a succession of events to celebrate Europe

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World 

Failed Russian spacecraft burns up

May 9, 2015May 9, 2015 VOANews final frontier, Russia

An unmanned Russian supply ship has burned up over the Pacific Ocean after a failed cargo run to the International

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Europe 

Political strains drive wedge between Turkey, Russia

May 9, 2015May 9, 2015 Dorian Jones of VOANews Russia, Turkey

A few months ago, bilateral relations between Turkey and Russia were on the upswing, buoyed by a close bond between

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Of paper and the problem of digital disintegration

May 9, 2015May 4, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sofia Science Festival

An invitation to bring a favourite book to a scientific lecture is unusual. But it is not as if you

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dark blue computer keyboard with black keys
Business 

Bulgaria launches first online application system for EU funds

May 9, 2015May 12, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

It is now possible to apply entirely online for funding under operational programs of the European Union, the Bulgarian government

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