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Day: October 29, 2015

Business 

Coca-Cola leaving Slovakia

October 29, 2015 The Slovak Spectator

The management of the Coca-Cola plant in the village of Lúka near Piešťany told its employees that the factory is to

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Leisure 

Film review: Sicario

October 29, 2015October 29, 2015 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

The United Status–Mexico border may appear to separate the two most populous North American nations, but in fact, as we

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terminal 2 of Sofia Airport in Bulgaria
Bulgaria 

Bulgaria hopes to award Sofia airport concession in spring 2016 – Finance Minister

October 29, 2015October 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet plans to finalise the concession tender for the Sofia airport in the spring of 2016, Finance Minister Vladislav

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Bulgaria 

RPG attack on Alexei Petrov in Sofia

October 29, 2015October 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

A grenade launcher was fired at the car transporting Alexei Petrov near his Sofia home on the morning of October

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Europe 

Moldova’s government brought down by motion of no confidence

October 29, 2015October 29, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Moldova

The future of Moldova’s pro-Western ruling coalition was put in doubt on October 29, when the cabinet of prime minister

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Europe 

Ukraine elections reflect political diversity, reform disillusion

October 29, 2015 Daniel Schearf of VOANews Ukraine

Preliminary results from Sunday’s local elections in Ukraine indicate growing political diversity, say analysts, as no clear winners emerged. Opinion

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Europe 

Erdogan’s legacy hinges on Sunday’s Turkey elections

October 29, 2015 VOANews Turkey

The working-class, socially conservative neighborhood of Kasimpasa, in Istanbul, helped shape the man who would become Turkey’s most powerful figure

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Europe 

Bitter campaign heats up in Turkey ahead of snap election

October 29, 2015 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Turkey

Turkey will hold its second general election of this year November 1, after the ruling AK party failed to gain

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