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By Edward McAllister SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarians head to the polls on Sunday in the seventh snap election inside four years as the country’s fractured political parties struggle to form a stable coalition and voters become increasingly apathetic about the outcome. Bulgaria, the poorest member of the European Union and one of its most corrupt …

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BELGRADE (Reuters) – European Union enlargement will be a key focus for Poland during its presidency of the bloc which starts in January, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday during a visit to the Serbian capital Belgrade. “During the Polish presidency, enlargement, including close cooperation with Serbia, will be at the centre of my …

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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis urged the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics to abandon the “mad pursuit” of money and instead devote themselves to their faith in a new encyclical letter, the highest form of papal teaching, released on Thursday. Francis’ fourth encyclical over his 11-year papacy largely abstains from talking about …

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By Lucinda Elliott MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Uruguayan Alvaro Delgado, a 55-year-old former senator and the conservative ruling coalition’s continuity candidate for president, is trailing his center-left rival in the polls, but has a wild card up his sleeve. A dark horse ally in third place. Delgado, who once studied to be a vet and until …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian forces have made a fast advance into the eastern Ukrainian coal mining town of Selydove, according to Russian media and war bloggers, as Moscow’s troops try to gain control over the whole of the Donbas region. Capturing Selydove would pave the way for a Russian advance on the key logistical hub …

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By Fatos Bytyci MITROVICA, Kosovo (Reuters) – Since a new cafe called Missini Sweets opened this month in North Mitrovica, Kosovo, a smattering of guests have enjoyed its drinks and sweets. But the business has faced headwinds: it is run by ethnic Albanians and local ethnic Serbs refuse to enter. A video posted in August …

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KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Middle East was on the brink of a full-scale war as tensions rose sharply between Israel and Iran. “The fighting that began a year ago in Gaza has now spread to Lebanon,” Putin, sitting beside Chinese President Xi Jinping, told a meeting …

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