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Month: December 2013

People 

BBCC chairman Bill Drysdale given MBE in New Year’s honours list

December 31, 2013December 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bill Drysdale, chairman of the British-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce (BBCC), was given Member of the Most Excellent Order of the

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Europe 

Russia’s Putin vows to fight terrorists until destroyed

December 31, 2013December 31, 2013 VOANews Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to fight terrorists until their “total destruction,” following the two suicide bombings in the

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Europe 

Tough talk in Romanian politics precedes year of electoral all-out war

December 31, 2013December 31, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

The closing year stood out as a period of increased political confrontations between the two rival camps of president Traian

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Europe 

Death toll rises in Russia blasts

December 31, 2013 VOANews Russia

Russian officials announced that three more people have died as a result of the two suicide bombings which struck the

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Business 

Bulgarian regulator passes electricity price cut

December 30, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) ruled on December 30 to reduce electricity prices starting January 1 2014,

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Europe 

Switzerland extends labor restrictions for Romanians and Bulgarians

December 30, 2013December 30, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency

Romanian and Bulgarian workers will still have to cope with restrictions on the Swiss labor market from 1 January 2014

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Europe 

Erdogan accuses judges, district attorneys of ‘conspiracy’

December 30, 2013December 30, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

After the “international centers of power” and the “interest rate lobby conspiracy”, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has now decided to accuse

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World 

Second fatal blast hits Russian city

December 30, 2013December 30, 2013 VOANews Russia

Russian officials say a male suicide bomber is responsible for Monday’s explosion on a bus in the southern city of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s energy distribution companies slam regulator move on electricity prices

December 27, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

Bulgaria’s three electricity distribution companies have sharply criticised the regulator’s decision to cut prices, saying that it lacked a rational

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