Latvia asks to join euro zone
Latvia has officially asked the European Commission and the European Central Bank (ECB) for an extraordinary convergence report “in order
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Year: 2013
Masked men kidnap 10-year-old daughter of Bulgarian money laundering convict
Three masked men kidnapped the 10-year-old daughter of Bulgarian money laundering convict Evelin “Brendo” Banev, shooting her driver, as she
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Ukrainian porn actress loses asylum appeal
A Prague court has thrown out an appeal from Ukrainian porn actress Anastasia Hagen-Gryshai’s against the repeated rejection of her application
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Bulgaria’s acting PM released from hospital
Bulgaria’s acting Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, who remains in office pending the appointment of a caretaker government amid the country’s
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Romania says could ‘lose interest’ in Schengen accession
Romania could lose interest in joining the Schengen visa-free travel area if its accession is again blocked at the forthcoming
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Nabucco pipeline signs co-operation memo with Turkey’s TANAP
The consortium behind the planned Nabucco gas pipeline has signed a memorandum of co-operation with the Trans-Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP), reports
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Bulgaria’s utilities regulator outlines electricity price cut proposal
Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) presented on March 4 its proposal for the electricity price cuts set
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Tents situation in Sofia
Protesters in Sofia from the “Eagle Bridge” civic moment on March 4 2013 put up a tent in the park
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Bulgaria’s acting PM fires corruption unit deputy director
Bulgaria’s acting Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has fired Petko Sertov as deputy director of the Cabinet’s Centre for Prevention and
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