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Honour for rescuers of Jews as International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2013 marked – but concern at anti-Semitism in Europe

January 26, 2013March 10, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

Those who risked their lives to save Jews and others from mass extermination in World War 2 are inspiration for

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Europe News 

National Geographic to air Smolensk crash documentary amid protests

January 26, 2013January 26, 2013 The Warsaw Voice

One of the episodes of the “Mayday” documentary series, to be shown on National Geographic Channel on January 27 2013,

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Europe News 

Social democrat former PM Miloš Zeman wins second round of Czech presidential elections, interim results show

January 26, 2013January 26, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Miloš Zeman, a social democrat former prime minister, was shown by interim results to have won the January 25 and

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Bulgaria News 

Sofia prosecutors lay fraud charges against two MPs from Dogan’s party

January 25, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office has lodged at Sofia City fraud charges against two MPs for the Movement for Rights

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Bulgaria’s Belene referendum campaign sends political rivals into meltdown

January 25, 2013June 2, 2013 Alex Bivol Belene, Boiko Borissov, energy, Sergei Stanishev

If there was any doubt that Bulgaria’s referendum on the future development of nuclear energy was a proxy war between

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EC refers Bulgaria to court for failing to transpose internal energy market rules

January 25, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission said on January 24 2013 that it was referring Bulgaria, Estonia and the United Kingdom to the

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Bulgaria Europe News 

European Commission takes Bulgaria to court over assignment of digital terrestrial broadcasting authorisations

January 25, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission has decided to refer Bulgaria to the EU’s Court of Justice over the assignment of the digital

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Ukraine signs $10 billion shale gas deal with Shell

January 25, 2013May 22, 2013 VOANews energy

Ukraine has signed a $10 billion shale gas exploration deal with Royal Dutch Shell — a major step in weaning

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day and Eastern Europe: Memory recent and distant

January 25, 2013May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

International Holocaust Remembrance Day, on January 27 2013, will find recently-opened Holocaust museums in Central and Eastern Europe, with another

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