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Day: October 30, 2015

Europe 

Albanian president says that he and his family are under surveillance

October 30, 2015October 30, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Albania

The President of the Republic of Albania says that he and his family have been put under surveillance by the

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Europe 

Turkey divisions run deep ahead of Sunday poll

October 30, 2015 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Turkey

Outside the Istanbul Military Museum, patriotic music blared from huge speakers on a truck bedecked with Turkey’s national flag. A

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Perspectives 

Five lessons from the local elections in Ukraine

October 30, 2015October 30, 2015 Andrew Wilson of the European Council on Foreign Relations Ukraine

Turnout was low, but respectable The official participation rate for Ukraine’s local elections was 46.5 per cent. This may sound

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Europe 

Polish court rejects Polanski US extradition request

October 30, 2015October 30, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland

A Polish court Friday ruled against a US request to extradite Oscar-winning film-maker Roman Polanski (82) over a 1977 conviction

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Bulgaria 

Hackers bring down website of Bulgarian President

October 30, 2015November 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015, Rossen Plevneliev

A denial-of-service attack brought down the website of the Bulgarian President on October 30, just two hours after head of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet approves draft 2016 Budget

October 30, 2015November 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Government approved at a special meeting on October 30 the 2016 Budget bill drafted by the Finance Ministry, which

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian cities and towns head to second round of municipal elections on November 1

October 30, 2015November 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

Voters in a large number of Bulgarian cities and towns are being called back to the ballot boxes on November

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Europe 

More than 3329 migrant deaths in Mediterranean in 10 months in 2015 – IOM

October 30, 2015November 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

The number of migrants who have arrived by sea in Europe in 2015 is approaching three-quarters of a million –

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Bulgaria 

Siderov broke law by campaigning on election day – Election Commission

October 30, 2015October 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015, Volen Siderov

Ataka party leader Volen Siderov broke the law by campaigning on the October 25 2015 election day, Bulgaria’s Central Election

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