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Day: May 10, 2015

Europe 

Polish presidential exit poll signals May 24 runoff vote

May 10, 2015 VOANews Poland

A key exit poll shows Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski finishing second in Sunday’s presidential elections, behind conservative challenger Andrzej Duda.

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Europe 

Death toll rises in Macedonia clashes, EU ‘deeply concerned’

May 10, 2015 VOANews

European Union officials expressed “deep concern” after a day-long gun battle in northern Macedonia killed eight police officers and 14

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Bulgaria 

Borissov, Plevneliev speak out after Kumanovo clashes

May 10, 2015May 12, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov says his country’s services are reporting on the situation in Macedonia hourly and President Rossen

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Bulgaria Europe 

Bulgaria calls for thorough investigation into fatal clash between police and armed group in Macedonia’s Kumanovo

May 10, 2015May 12, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

The gun battle in the northern Macedonian town of Kumanovo that left five police dead, more than 30 injured and

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Europe 

Police injured in clashes with armed group in Macedonia

May 10, 2015May 10, 2015 VOANews Macedonia

Police clashed with an unidentified armed group Saturday in the town of Kumanovo in northern Macedonia, authorities said. Macedonian media

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Europe 

Orbán and the death penalty: Hanging on to a dream

May 10, 2015 The Budapest Times Hungary

The issue of whether to restore capital punishment should “stay on the agenda”, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán has said

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