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Day: August 6, 2015

Europe 

France scuttles Mistral warship deal with Russia

August 6, 2015August 7, 2015 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

The French government has decided not to deliver to Russia two high-tech warships built under a billion-euro contract with Moscow,

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Europe 

Andrzej Duda takes office as president of Poland

August 6, 2015August 7, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Andrzej Duda, hailing from the main opposition, conservative party Law and Justice (PiS) was sworn in as President of Poland

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Leisure 

Film review: Trainwreck

August 6, 2015August 6, 2015 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Trainwreck is an orgy of bad manners masquerading as a life lesson. Its director is Judd Apatow, who has managed

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Leisure 

Film review: Amy

August 6, 2015August 6, 2015 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

The story of Amy Winehouse runs like most others at the highest levels of the music industry, and we have

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Health Ministry campaign to explain need for vaccination of young children

August 6, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Health has launched a major campaign to explain the need for and benefits of mandatory vaccination of

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Bulgaria 

First private Chinese school to open in Sofia

August 6, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The first private Chinese-language school is to open in Sofia in the autumn, with 60 pupils from first to 12th

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Europe 

Russia concerns driving neighbours to NATO

August 6, 2015 Daniel Schearf of VOANews Nato, Russia

As Poland’s President Andrzej Duda is sworn in to office Thursday, a growing chorus of voices in eastern Europe is

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Europe 

US Army going the distance to reassure allies in Eastern Europe

August 6, 2015 Carla Babb of VOANews Nato, Romania

Amid increased Russian aggression in Ukraine, the U.S. Army needed a fresh way to reassure its eastern European allies. The

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