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Day: December 4, 2013

Europe 

US state secretary Kerry visits Moldova to show support for EU drive

December 4, 2013December 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Moldova

US secretary of state John Kerry visited Moldova on December 4 to re-affirm Washington’s support for Chisinau’s drive for closer

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Europe 

EU, Turkey to sign readmission agreement, start visa liberalisation dialogue

December 4, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, Syrian refugees, Turkey

The European Union and Turkey are to sign a readmission agreement on December 16 2013, and on the same day,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian cabinet backs Constitutional Court challenge to extending moratorium on selling land to foreigners

December 4, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s cabinet supports the challenge in the Constitutional Court by 55 members of Parliament who want the court to overturn

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Europe 

Lavrov says Russia will not interfere in Ukraine

December 4, 2013December 4, 2013 Scott Stearns of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow will not interfere in the political unrest in neighboring Ukraine and says other

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria has highest death rate in EU – official

December 4, 2013December 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria has the highest mortality rate in the European Union, with infant mortality double the rate of the rest of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party MP in call to neuter commission disclosing communist State Security agents

December 4, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission

The head of the Bulgarian Parliament’s internal affairs committee, Atanas Merdzhanov of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, has said that he

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Bulgaria 

Oresharski’s backflip on blunder on threat to public servants taking part in anti-government protests

December 4, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plamen Oresharski

Plamen Oresharski has gone into full reverse on his controversial statement on November 15 that people on the public payroll

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs approve first reading of Gambling Act amendments

December 4, 2013December 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Members of Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on December 4 2013 to approve the first reading of Gambling Act amendments that bring

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Business 

EC fines eight banks 1.71B euro for fixing interbank rates

December 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on December 4 that it fined eight international financial groups a total of 1.71 billion euro

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