News archive of September 2014

Grigor Dimitrov Defeats David Goffin, Reaches US Open 4th Round

Number seven seed, Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov held off a strong challenge from David Goffin to reach the fourth round of the US Open, Sunday.

After losing the first set with 0-6, the 23-year-old Dimitrov managed to hit back immediately using an array of powerful groundstrokes to hit 11 winners and earn a crucial break that allowed him to serve out the set 6-3.

Bulgaria’s Prison Officers Stage National Protest

Bulgaria’s prison employees will stage a national protest in front of the Ministry of Justice, Monday.

For a month, officers have protested symbolically against the new working hours, demanding to return to the old 24 hour shifts.

Five Killed in Plane Crash in US Colorado

Five people were killed after a single-engine plane crashed on Sunday afternoon near an airfield north of Denver in US state of Colorado.

The Piper PA-46 aircraft went down near the Erie Municipal Airport, about 40 km northwest of Denver, Peter Knudson, spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board, said.

Siege of Sarajevo ‘Was War, Not Chess’

A former Bosnian Serb officer told the trial of his military commander Ratko Mladic that his unit didn’t deploy snipers against Sarajevo residents but did use heavy artillery to defend Serbs.

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