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Day: November 29, 2013

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to put electricity utility chief in charge of South Stream

November 29, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy, South Stream

Bulgaria’s Economy Minister Dragomir Stoynev said on November 29 that Vladimir Inkov will be “put in charge” of South Stream,

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Bulgaria 

EU grants Bulgaria 5.66M euro to address asylum seekers influx

November 29, 2013November 29, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, Syrian refugees

The European Commission said on November 29 that was providing 5.66 million euro in emergency funding from the European Refugee

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court rejects second suit to void May election results

November 29, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled against a challenge to declare the results of the May 12 2013 parliamentary elections void, the

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Europe 

Ukraine says membership in EU depends on aid

November 29, 2013February 11, 2014 VOANews Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych says his country needs economic and financial support from the European Union before Kyiv can sign

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Business 

EU unemployment flat at 10.9% in October

November 29, 2013November 29, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

The 28-member European Union ended October 2013 with 10.9 per cent unemployment, seasonally adjusted, unchanged from September, EU statistics office

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Business 

Greek banks well on track to recovery

November 29, 2013November 29, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Financial results of Greece’s largest banks are showing an improvement in their fundamentals and performance over the last year as

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World 

Scientists: No sign of comet after trip around Sun

November 29, 2013November 29, 2013 VOANews final frontier

Scientists say the comet ISON’s five-million-year journey from the far reaches of the solar system has apparently ended in a

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Leisure 

Film review: Delivery Man

November 29, 2013November 29, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

You don’t have to respect a main character to sympathize with them, but they shouldn’t be such an idiot that

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Leisure 

Film review: The Counselor

November 29, 2013November 29, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Novelist Cormac McCarthy is known for his somber vision of humanity, and the two best-known films made from his work,

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