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Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) appointed Evgeni Dikov as the new head of the country’s investigative service on December 18, replacing Boiko Naidenov, who resigned last month. Dikov was one […]
Bulgaria’s Cabinet adopted on December 17 2013 changes to Foreigners Act and work permit regulations that bring the country in line with a 2011 Euro ...
The European Commission has asked Bulgaria to return 3.4 million leva (about 1.7 million euro) in EU funding, spent under the GERB administration to p ...
Greek lawmakers inflicted a decisive blow against the Golden Dawn party on December 18 by cutting off state funding. The legislative provision that wa ...
The disbursement of 100 million euro to Cyprus was approved by the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) board of directors on December 18, following the positive assessment of the second quarterly […]
The price of vignette stickers, mandatory for motor vehicles travelling on roads outside urban areas in Bulgaria, will remain unchanged in 2014. Current vignettes are valid until January 31 2014. […]
Moving aggressively to keep Ukraine in Moscow’s sphere of influence, Russia’s president has offered Ukraine $15 billion in loans and a sharp discount on natural gas prices. Vladimir Putin made […]
Central and Eastern European countries have the potential to return to their pre-crisis economic growth rates—but they need to update their growth model, according to a report by management consulting […]
Greece’s euro partners agreed on December 17 2013 to release the delayed one billion euro tranche of the country’s rescue loan. The agreement came at a meeting of eurozone finance […]
An open-air ice rink is expected to open in central Plovdiv on December 21 2013. Building of the ice rink in Central Square has begun and will take about two […]
