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Month: August 2015

Europe 

Macedonian riot police crack down on migrants at border

August 21, 2015 VOANews Macedonia

Macedonian riot police have cracked down on angry crowds of migrants stranded in a no-man’s land at the border with

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Europe 

Greek lawmakers break from ruling party

August 21, 2015 VOANews Greece

Far-left members of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ ruling Syriza party have broken off to form their own party, after

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria asks Serbia for clarity on Dačić views on migrants

August 21, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

The Bulgarian embassy in Belgrade has asked the Serbian foreign ministry for clarification regarding an interview given by Serbian foreign

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World 

July 2015 hottest ever recorded

August 21, 2015 VOANews

If the weather seems warmer to you this year, you are not imagining it. US weather experts say this past

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Sport 

Dimitrov stumbles against Murray in Cincinnati

August 21, 2015August 21, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov’s disappointing season continued with a third-round exit at the Cincinnati Masters, losing to world number two Andy Murray

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Bulgaria 

Two dead as storms, heavy rain hit parts of Bulgaria

August 20, 2015August 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

A man died after being hit by a falling tree in Plovdiv and another was killed when lightning set his

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Europe 

Greek PM Tsipras resigns to open way for early elections on September 20

August 20, 2015August 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Greece’s prime minister Alexis Tsipras announced his Syriza government’s resignation on August 20, about seven months since taking office on

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Europe 

Greece PM Tsipras set to resign, call snap election

August 20, 2015 Deutsche Welle

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was expected to announce early elections in an effort to quell rebellion within his party.

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Leisure 

Film review: The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

August 20, 2015May 10, 2024 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post

Films in the 1960s has a certain glamour this is missing now — then-exotic locations, designer gowns, and fancy rooms.

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