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Day: May 30, 2015

Europe 

Steinmeier: Russian travel ban damaging to Ukraine peace efforts

May 30, 2015May 30, 2015 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Germany’s foreign minister said Saturday that a Russian travel ban on 89 top European Union officials could damage peace efforts

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Bulgaria 

Former Bulgarian ambassador in Moscow among 89 EU citizens on ‘stop list’ barred from Russia

May 30, 2015June 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

A former ambassador of Bulgaria in Moscow, Ilian Vassilev, is among citizens of European Union countries who have been barred

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Leisure 

What’s On: One Design Week, in Plovdiv from June 19 to 28

May 30, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

International festival of design and visual culture One Design Week returns to Plovdiv from June 19 to 28 2015. One

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Bulgaria 

Communism’s crimes and political violence must be remembered to prevent a repeat – Parliament Speaker

May 30, 2015June 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The crimes and political violence of Bulgaria’s former totalitarian regime must be remembered to prevent them being repeated, Parliament Speaker

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Europe World 

Turkey’s main opposition party hopes for election breakthrough

May 30, 2015 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has sought an image change ahead of the June 7 general election. The move

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Europe World 

Armenians make history in Turkish election

May 30, 2015 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Turkish voters go to the polls next month in an election buffeted by concerns about slowing economic growth and mounting

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Europe World 

Turkey’s ruling party lures voters in opposition stronghold

May 30, 2015 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Turkey’s AK Party is seeking a fourth successive general election victory, with the goal of securing two-thirds of the seats in

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