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Day: January 17, 2014

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Bulgaria 

Flu epidemic declared in Bulgaria’s Bourgas

January 17, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

An influenza pandemic has been declared in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Bourgas, chief state health inspector Dr Angel

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s security agency to investigate new bugging allegations

January 17, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Plamen Oresharski, Sergei Stanishev, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security (SANS) is to investigate an allegation by centre-right opposition GERB party leader Boiko Borissov

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Business 

New car sales in Bulgaria dropped slightly in 2013

January 17, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Sales of new cars in Bulgaria in 2013 were slightly lower than in 2012, with figures from the European Automobile

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Bulgaria 

‘Bulgarians and Romanians make a positive contribution to UK economy’

January 17, 2014February 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

The positive contribution that most Bulgarians and Romanians currently in the United Kingdom make to the British economy was acknowledged

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Business 

Bulgarians spent 66M leva on Festive Season celebrations – report

January 17, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarians spent 66 million leva (about 33 million euro) over the 10-day peak of the 2013 Festive Season, mainly in

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Europe 

Romanian TV presenter’s comments spark fury in Moldova

January 17, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Moldova, Romania

A protest was held on January 15 by a Romanian-Moldovan association in front of the B1 TV station in central

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Europe 

Attacks against Montenegro media raise international concerns

January 17, 2014 VOANews Media, Montenegro

Attacks against independent newspapers and journalists have been increasing over the past few years in Montenegro, but two recent incidents

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Europe 

Serb local councillor shot dead in northern Kosovo

January 17, 2014 VOANews Kosovo, Serbia

Kosovo’s government has condemned the killing of a local Serb councilman in an ethnically divided town in the country’s north.

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