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Month: October 2016

Europe 

Polls open for runoff in parliamentary election in Lithuania

October 23, 2016 VOANews Lithuania

Lithuanians are heading to the polls for runoffs in parliamentary elections that may give the opposition a chance to govern

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian traffic police to begin 2016’s ‘Operation Winter’ on November 1

October 23, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian traffic police will carry out the traditional annual operation “Winter” from November 1 2016, intended to ensure vehicles are

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Perspectives 

Bulgaria elections 2016: The wrap of the week that was, October 23

October 23, 2016October 25, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2016

The big takeaway from the past week in the campaigns ahead of Bulgaria’s November 2016 presidential elections is that we

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Bulgaria 

US Sixth Fleet’s USS Mount Whitney visits Bulgarian port of Bourgas

October 23, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Nato

The United States’ Sixth Fleet’s command and control ship USS Mount Whitney visited the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Bourgas

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2016 presidential elections: Last-minute Electoral Code changes push up price tag

October 22, 2016October 25, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2016

Amendments to Bulgaria’s election laws, being approved with about two weeks to go to the November 2016 presidential elections, are

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian refugee centres currently accommodate 6969 people, exceeding capacity – IOM report

October 22, 2016October 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Bulgaria’s refugee centres are currently accommodating 6969 people, exceeding their combined capacity of 5510 people, going by a regular report

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Perspectives 

Hillary and Donald’s ‘Punch & Judy Show’

October 22, 2016 Patrick Brigham

Some comedian recently asked on British TV, apropos the loutish and androgynous Donald Trump: “Why would American voters want to

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Europe 

No progress on CETA trade deal after EU summit

October 22, 2016 VOANews

Seven years of talks over a trade deal between the European Union and Canada are hanging in the balance, after

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Perspectives 

Putin’s friends in Europe

October 22, 2016 Fredrik Wesslau of the European Council on Foreign Relations Russia

The upsurge of populism in Europe has provided Russia with an ample supply of sympathetic political parties across the continent.

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