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Ruling party leads in Ukraine exit polls

October 28, 2012October 28, 2012 VOANews

Early exit polls show that Ukraine’s ruling party, Regions Party of President Viktor Yanukovych, leading in Sunday’s elections for parliament

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Bulgaria News 

Code Red weather warning for Kurdjali in south-eastern Bulgaria

October 28, 2012October 29, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A Code Red dangerous weather warning has been declared for the south-eastern Bulgarian city of Kurdjali for October 29  –

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Bulgaria News 

Hospitalised Bulgarian Patriarch Maxim will not attend church celebrations of his 98th birthday

October 28, 2012October 28, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Maxim, who has been in hospital in Sofia for some weeks, has been advised by

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Poland will not scrap nuclear programme – PM Tusk

October 28, 2012October 28, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

The Polish government is sticking to its plans to develop nuclear power generation capacities in parallel with shale gas projects to

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Roma call for action as Jobbik rallies against ‘Gypsy crime’ in villages

October 28, 2012February 28, 2013 The Budapest Times

The heads of three Roma rights organisations have called on the government to act over the extreme-right party Jobbik’s continued

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Europe News 

European Parliament awards Sakharov rights prize to two Iranian dissidents

October 28, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

The European Parliament has awarded its prestigious Sakharov Prize for human rights and freedom of thought to two Iranian dissidents.

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian town council backs down on Armenian genocide resolution because it hits business with Turkey

October 26, 2012October 26, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The municipal council in the town of Yambol in southern Bulgaria has revoked its October 2010 declaration recognising the Armenian

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EU integration of Macedonia depends on the efforts of its government, Bulgarian FM Mladenov says

October 26, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria is the country that has the highest degree of interest in Macedonia making its way into the European Union,

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Bulgaria News 

After months of delay, Bulgarian Parliament approves naming of credit millionaires who had links to State Security

October 26, 2012October 26, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The second reading of amendments that will enable the Dossier Commission to investigate and announce any links between Bulgaria’s credit

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