Arseniy Yatseniuk nominated to lead new government as Ukraine prime minister
Leaders of the EuroMaidan revolution that toppled Viktor Yanukovych as president took the stage of Kyiv’s Independence Square on February
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Day: February 26, 2014
Bulgarian President says he will veto Electoral Code
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on February 26 that he would veto parts of the new Electoral Code, approved by
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Sofia City Court jails man for three and a half years for threatening to kill Ahmed Dogan
Sofia City Court has sentenced Oktai Enimehmedov, the man seen pointing a gas pistol at the head of Ahmed Dogan
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Prosecutor-General orders tax investigation of Peevski, Vassilev and Barekov
The National Revenue Agency is to conduct full tax audits of Delyan Peevski, Tsvetan Vassilev and Nikolai Barekov in response
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Tensions mount in Ukraine’s Crimea
Pro-Russia demonstrators and those supporting Ukraine’s new pro-Western interim leaders confronted each other in the southern city of Simferopol on
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The politics of power over Bulgaria’s parliament
The political arithmetic that could decide the future of Bulgaria’s 42nd National Assembly has been changed by the entry of
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Bulgarian MPs overturn presidential veto on amendments to drugs law
Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on February 26 to overturn the presidential veto on a bill of amendments to the drugs law
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Bulgarian Parliament rejects proposal for probe into spending on fence at Turkish border
Bulgaria’s National Assembly rejected a proposal by centre-right opposition party GERB to set up a special committee to investigate spending
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Gazprom agrees to sell gas to Greece’s DEPA at reduced price
Greek gas company DEPA has reached an agreement with Russia’s Gazprom on a 15 per cent price cut on the
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