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Month: January 2014

Business 

European Commission looking into South Stream Bulgarian tender

January 15, 2014January 15, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, South Stream

The European Commission was looking into the public procurement tender to pick a contractor for the Bulgarian stretch of the

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Europe 

Romanian, Albanian held as police bust network of 280 burglars in France

January 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Albania, Romania

French law enforcement authorities working with Europol, have dismantled a Paris-based network of prolific burglars and arrested 15 individuals. Two

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Business 

World Bank says global economy at turning point

January 15, 2014February 11, 2014 Mil Arcega of VOANews World Bank

The global recovery is gaining momentum according to new projections by the World Bank.  But unlike previous years, the World

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s audit office to check Parliament, state agencies

January 15, 2014January 15, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s National Audit Office is to check Parliament as well as a large number of state agencies in the course

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Constitutional Court dismisses President’s challenge against Peevski

January 14, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court has ruled as inadmissible the challenge lodged by President Rossen Plevneliev against the appointment of Delyan Peevski

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Bulgaria 

Stanishev, US envoy speak on Siderov case

January 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sergei Stanishev, Volen Siderov

A week after news broke of the ructions involving Volen Siderov and a group of Ataka MPs on a flight

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria records 1.6% deflation in 2013

January 14, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) shrank by 1.6 per cent in 2013, despite a 0.3 per cent monthly inflation bump

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Bulgaria 

US, Bulgaria sign cultural heritage protection memorandum

January 14, 2014January 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria and the US signed on January14 a memorandum of understanding on the protection of cultural heritage, meant to prevent

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Bulgaria 

Purvanov’s ABC to stand separately from BSP in European Parliament elections

January 14, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Georgi Purvanov, Sergei Stanishev

Georgi Purvanov’s ABC movement will field candidates separately from the Bulgarian Socialist Party in the country’s May 2014 European Parliament

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