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Day: January 6, 2014

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria in 2013: An ‘Annus Horribilis’ in pictures

January 6, 2014May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Ahmed Dogan, Boiko Borissov, Bourgas terrorist attack, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, energy, macroeconomic indicators, Peevski protests, Plamen Oresharski, Syrian refugees

Arguably the first indication that Bulgaria was set for a year both bizarre and beset with turbulence was the strange

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a pile of silver coins tilting to the left
Business 

Bulgaria’s economy in 2013: Treading water

January 6, 2014May 10, 2024 Alex Bivol energy, macroeconomic indicators

In a year that saw three governments in office in Sofia, Bulgaria’s economy did as well as could have been

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Perspectives 

Central and Eastern Europe in 2013: Emerging and submerging

January 6, 2014February 11, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Albania, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine

There were record floods, changes of government, protests – lots of those – and the European Union got larger by

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Business 

Bulgarian regulator begins audit of electricity distribution firms

January 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) said on January 6 that it started an audit of the three

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarians respond with humour, concern to UK immigration hysteria

January 6, 2014February 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

The dampest squib of New Year 2014 was the supposed influx of thousands of Bulgarians and Romanians to the United

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Europe 

EU begins 2014 with Latvia entering euro zone and Greece as president

January 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

For the European Union, the year 2014 has begun with Latvia becoming the 18th member of the euro zone and

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