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Day: December 2, 2013

Europe 

Chevron resumes shale gas exploration in Eastern Romania amid protests

December 2, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania

US company Chevron announced on December 2 2013 that it had resumed exploration works in the Vaslui County, in Eastern

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Business 

Bulgaria set to cut renewable energy feed-in tariff

December 2, 2013February 11, 2014 Alex Bivol energy

Bulgaria is set to reduce the feed-in tariff paid to solar and wind power producers by 20 per cent after

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President launches 11th annual ‘Bulgarska Koleda’ charity initiative

December 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev officially opened the 11th annual Bulgarska Koleda (Bulgarian Christmas) charity initiative at Sofia’s Tsaritsa Yoanna Hospital

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Leisure 

Bulgarian ski resorts prepare for 2013/14 winter season opening

December 2, 2013December 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Pamporovo will be the first of Bulgaria’s winter resorts to open its ski season for 2013, on December 7. Bansko

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Bulgaria 

Three refugees from Middle East assaulted by gang of armed men in Sofia

December 2, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, Syrian refugees

Three refugees, two from Syria and one from Lebanon, were assaulted by a group of men who took their money

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Leisure 

Bulgaria boasts German and Austrian-style Christmas markets

December 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

German-style Christmas markets again are a feature of the Festive Season in various Bulgarian cities and towns. In Sofia, the

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Europe 

Greece: Moody’s upgrade a real ‘vote of confidence’?

December 2, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Rating agency Moody’s announced on November 29 2013 that it was upgrading Greece’s credit rating from C to Caa3 because

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Europe 

Jews, Muslims in joint complaint to EC over Polish ban on ritual slaughter

December 2, 2013December 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Poland

Jews and Muslims have decided to join forces and lodge a complaint to the European Commission (EC) against Poland for

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Europe 

Polish citizens among victims of police violence in Kyiv

December 2, 2013 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Ukraine

The Polish Foreign Ministry has summoned the Ukrainian Ambassador to Warsaw and demanded an official explanation after two Polish citizens

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