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Year: 2013

Europe 

Former Greek IMF rep says Fund’s predictions ‘way off target’

October 21, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, IMF

Panagiotis Roumeliotis, former representative of Greece to the International Monetary Fund, says the IMF is in a disadvantageous position as

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Bulgaria 

Georgieva: EU has approved financial aid to help Bulgaria cope with refugee situation

October 21, 2013February 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency European Commission, Syrian refugees

Bulgaria’s European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva, whose portfolio includes humanitarian aid and crisis response, said on October 20 that Bulgaria would

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian agricultural bodies protest against end of ban on sale of land to foreigners

October 20, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian agricultural organisations organised protests in Sofia and six other cities and towns, as well as in cities abroad, on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party MPs mulling moves to muzzle Dossier Commission – reports

October 20, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission

Members of the Bulgarian Socialist Party are discussing moves that would cut back the capacity of the Dossier Commission, the

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Bulgaria 

President Plevneliev to mount new challenge in Constitutional Court against Peevski

October 20, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev is to lodge a challenge in the Constitutional Court to Delyan Peevski’s place as an MP,

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Europe 

Cyprus tax authorities comb through suspect money transfers abroad

October 19, 2013October 19, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus

At the time right after the bail-in decision that affected the depositors of the main Cypriot banks, a highly charged

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Bulgaria 

Protests continue, no-confidence motion mulled over refugee situation in Bulgaria

October 19, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

Bulgaria saw its latest protests against purported plans for placement of refugees, this time in Varna and in the town

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Europe 

US to use Romanian airbase for Afghan pullout

October 19, 2013February 11, 2014 VOANews Romania

Romania has agreed to allow the U.S. military to use an airbase near the Black Sea as a key logistics

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Business 

Amcham to host conference on Bulgarian perspective on Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

October 19, 2013October 20, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria (AmCham) is hosting a one-day conference on October 24 on the Bulgarian perspective

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