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Day: December 23, 2015

Europe 

Russia’s legal battle for Ukraine debt fraught with politics

December 23, 2015 Daniel Schearf of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Russia plans to sue Ukraine in an English court to recover a multibillion-dollar loan Moscow made to Kyiv in December

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Europe 

Varoufakis plans new party for ‘democracy in Europe’

December 23, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has announced, in an interview with Italian magazine L’ Espresso,  to be published on December 24, that he

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Europe 

New Belgrade-Budapest railway to be ready in 2018

December 23, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Hungary, Serbia

In 2018 the new modern Belgrade-Budapest railway will be operational, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on December 23. “This

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Europe 

Turkey sharpens criticism of Russia’s airstrikes in Syria

December 23, 2015December 23, 2015 VOANews Russia, Turkey

Turkey has stepped up its criticism of Russia’s airstrikes in Syria in the wake of deadly strikes in the northwest

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Europe 

Russia issues international arrest warrant for Khodorkovsky

December 23, 2015 VOANews Russia

A Russian court has issued an international arrest warrant for Mikhail Khodorkovsky, former Yukos Oil chief and critic of Russian

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria sheds support for euro, image of EU – Eurostat

December 23, 2015January 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone, Eurostat

Just 37 per cent of Bulgarians are in favour of the euro, a drop of six percentage points in recent

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian court rejects case over ownership of Alexander Nevsky cathedral

December 23, 2015January 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Sofia

Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court has rejected a court action challenging the proceedings by which the Cabinet awarded ownership of Sofia’s

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Bulgaria 

Ban on heavy vehicles on motorways, extra trains and buses as Bulgaria begins Festive Season exodus

December 23, 2015December 24, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

A ban on the movement of heavy vehicles on motorways and main roads came into effect on December 23 in

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Europe 

Greek legislators approve civil partnerships for same-sex couples

December 23, 2015 VOANews Greece

Greece’s Parliament has passed landmark legislation allowing civil partnership agreements between same-sex couples, despite strong resistance from opposition parties and

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