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Bulgaria’s public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT) said on November 22 that it would not participate in the Eurovision 2014 song contest, citing financial reasons. “Given the cost of this […]
In recent days, Bulgaria’s ruling majority has announced plans to drastically alter the flat income tax, coming into force in 2014. The proposal env ...
Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office said on November 22 that it has filed charges of embezzlement and abuse of office against Tsvetan Tsvetanov. Tsveta ...
Ukraine’s prime minister says the decision not to sign a landmark deal strengthening ties with the European Union was based on economics. Howeve ...
Moods comparable to that of the 2004 Orange Revolution, which ended Viktor Yanukovych’s attempt to rig a presidential election that year, have returned to Kyiv. On the night of November […]
Ukraine’s decision to freeze all efforts towards signing the association agreement with the European Union at next week’s Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius has left most EU officials involved in […]
Thirty out of the thousands of refugees in Bulgaria are being expelled because they are threats of national security, in the case of seven because they are suspected of links […]
Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras visits Berlin Friday where he is scheduled to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel for talks. Samaras will have a working lunch with Merkel at […]
Hundreds of members of environmental NGOs, including Greenpeace and WWF, walked out of UN climate change meeting in Warsaw on Thursday to protest lack of results of the two-week negotiations […]
Emergency officials in Latvia say the roof of a supermarket has collapsed, killing at least 18 people, including three firefighters, and injuring 35 people. The supermarket was located near the […]
