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Further protest in Bulgaria’s Bansko to demand second ski lift

January 14, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The group advocating a second ski lift in Bansko, one of Bulgaria’s most popular winter resorts, was scheduled to hold

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Leftist Zeman wins first round in Czech presidential election

January 14, 2013 Stefan Bos of VOANews

Official results show former leftist prime minister Milos Zeman has won the first round of the Czech Republic’s first direct

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Hot-air balloon festival to be held in Bulgaria’s Razlog

January 13, 2013January 14, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian town of Razlog will host its second annual Balloon Fiesta from January 18 to 23 2013. The event

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UN begins commemorations ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 13, 2013January 14, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Genocide, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, the responsibility to protect, the conflict in Syria and the courage to do what is right

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Will ‘Reset’ in US-Russia relations continue?

January 13, 2013January 14, 2013 Andre de Nesnera of VOANews

President Barack Obama has made better relations with Russia a cornerstone of his foreign policy. During his first administration, the

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Europe News 

Hungarian opposition demand Fidesz party expel founder member over racist article

January 13, 2013January 14, 2013 The Budapest Times

“A significant part of Gypsies is not fit for coexistence and is not fit to live amongst people. This part

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian criminal Georgiev extradited from UK to serve sentence

January 13, 2013January 14, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian national Tihomir “The Boxer” Georgiev was extradited from the United Kingdom to Bulgaria, arriving on January 12 2013, the

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Scientists find Milky Way’s spine

January 13, 2013January 14, 2013 Rosanne Skirble of VOANews

Scientists have announced the discovery of a spine-like structure within the Milky Way that might help explain the dynamics of

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Bulgaria News 

Controversy hits Sofia nominations for electoral college to choose Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch

January 13, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Serious controversy overshadowed the process of nominations by the Sofia diocese of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church of members of the

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