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Day: March 17, 2014

Europe 

Slovakia’s presidential elections: Low turnout harms Fico

March 17, 2014March 17, 2014 The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico did not get the result he was expecting in the first round of the presidential

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria second-bottom in EU in seeing judiciary as independent

March 17, 2014March 18, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency judiciary

Bulgaria ranked second from bottom in a survey in European Union countries of perceptions of judicial independence. This was the

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Europe 

US, EU impose sanctions over Crimea vote

March 17, 2014March 18, 2014 VOANews Ukraine

President Barack Obama has moved to impose sanction against Russian officials the U.S. sees as implicated in Sunday’s Moscow-backed Crimea

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Europe 

Crimean parliament votes in favour of union with Russia

March 17, 2014March 17, 2014 Elizabeth Arrott of VOANews Ukraine

Authorities in Ukraine’s separatist Crimean republic say voters have overwhelmingly approved union with Russia in a controversial referendum that has

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Bulgaria 

Unemployment in Bulgaria climbed to close to 13% in 2013 – statistics institute

March 17, 2014March 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in 2013 rose by 0.6 percentage points from the previous year to 12.9 per cent, according to

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Business 

EU annual inflation 0.8 per cent in February 2014 – Eurostat

March 17, 2014March 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

European Union annual inflation was 0.8 per cent in February 2014, down from 0.9 per cent in January, EU statistics

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Bulgaria 

Recriminations continue over fatal shootout in Bulgarian town

March 17, 2014March 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetlin Yovchev

The March 14 shootout in a Bulgarian town between an allegedly mental ill man and a police team in which

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria still tardy in granting refugee status

March 17, 2014March 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

Living conditions in refugee camps in Bulgaria are improving and more accommodation is on the way, but the process of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian state lottery jackpot set to hit 5.2 million leva

March 17, 2014March 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

An estimated 5.24 million leva (about 2.68 million euro) are expected to be up for grabs in one of the

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