Kerry and Lavrov announce US-Russian agreement on steps Syria must take on chemical weapons
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the U.S. and Russia have agreed on steps Syria must take to verify
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Year: 2013
Asylum-seekers protest at shelter in Bulgaria
As a steady stream of refugees from Syria continued to enter Bulgaria, which is striving to come up with additional
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Bulgarian PM says hopeful for ‘minimum damages’ from Belene lawsuit
Bulgarian Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski said on September 13 that he was confident that Bulgaria’s legal counsel “will do everything
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Bulgarian financial watchdog asks prosecutors to investigate former ministers
The chairperson of Bulgaria’s Financial Supervision Commission (FSC), Stoyan Mavrodiev, has said that the regulator has asked prosecutors to investigate
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Bulgarian anti-government protests reach third month on September 14
As Bulgaria heads for the autumn of 2013, after three months of protests demanding the resignation of the Bulgarian Socialist
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Controversy over European Parliament vote on visa requirements
The European Parliament has approved revisions of visa regulations seen in some quarters as opening the way for reimposing visa
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Bulgaria’s proposed electoral code reforms omit changing electoral system
A draft proposed new electoral code produced by a parliamentary committee dominated by the Bulgarian Socialist Party would keep the
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Greece steps up efforts to attract foreign investors
Russian tycoon Dmitry Rybolovlev (photo) held talks on September 12 2013 with Greek deputy minister of development and competition, Notis
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Russia’s anti-gay law tests Olympic tenets
The Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, are less than six month months away. But a controversy over a Russian
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