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Day: January 3, 2014

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to borrow 900M leva on internal market in January

January 3, 2014January 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry plans to borrow 900 million leva (about 460 million euro) on the domestic bond market in January

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Business 

Bulgaria anti-trust regulator fines Billa, Lidl retail chains

January 3, 2014January 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has fined retailers Billa for unfair competition practices and misleading advertising. Billa was fined

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Europe 

EU presidency a major challenge for troubled Greece

January 3, 2014January 3, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greece took over the rotating six-month presidency of the European Union on Wednesday January 1 2014. The country takes over at

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Europe 

Czech police insist Palestinian ambassador’s death ‘definitely not terrorism-related’

January 3, 2014January 3, 2014 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post Czech Republic

Police insist the explosion that killed the Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic was not terrorism-related, although embassy officials have

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Europe 

EU to end EULEX mission to Kosovo in September

January 3, 2014January 3, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo

The European Union plans to end its EULEX mission in Kosovo and replace it with a new mission, with reduced

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Europe 

Italy rescues 1000 migrants in 24 hours

January 3, 2014January 3, 2014 VOANews

The Italian navy says it has rescued, in a 24-hour period, more than 1000 migrants attempting the perilous journey across

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