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Day: May 29, 2013

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Deja vu: European Commission’s recipe to fix Bulgaria’s economic woes

May 29, 2013October 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

After finding macroeconomic imbalances in half of EU’s member states, the European Commission issued on May 29 country-specific recommendations on

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Parliament votes Oresharski cabinet into power

May 29, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kristian Vigenin, Plamen Oresharski, Sergei Stanishev, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Tsvetlin Yovchev

With the votes of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), Bulgaria’s 42nd National

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria reports 286.4M leva Budget deficit for January-April

May 29, 2013May 29, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has reported that the consolidated Budget deficit for the first four months of the year was 286.4

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Bulgaria News 

Borissov’s GERB walks out of Parliament vote on Oresharski cabinet

May 29, 2013May 29, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

One MP from ultra-nationalist party Ataka registered as present in Parliament on May 29, providing a quorum for the vote

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Russia tries to keep wrestling in the Olympics

May 29, 2013May 29, 2013 Jessica Golloher of VOANews Russia

Russia says it will ask the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to keep wrestling in the games. This after the IOC

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Europe News 

Foundations for third Bosphorus bridge to be laid on May 29

May 29, 2013May 29, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

The Turkish government was scheduled to hold a ceremony on May 29 2013 marking the foundations being laid for the

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Business Europe News 

Polish airline PLL LOT revises restructuring plan, expects more public aid

May 29, 2013 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Poland’s troubled flagship airline PLL LOT has sent to the Treasury Ministry an amended restructuring plan, which assumes granting the

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