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Month: March 2014

Europe 

Klitschko endorses Poroshenko for president, will run for Kyiv mayor instead

March 30, 2014March 30, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Vitali Klitschko has withdrawn from the May 25 presidential race in Ukraine to endorse fellow millionaire member of parliament Petro

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Bulgaria 

Borissov’s GERB ahead of Bulgarian Socialist Party in runup to European Parliament elections – poll

March 28, 2014March 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, European Parliament, Sergei Stanishev

Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party has the largest share of support, 17.5 per cent, ahead of the Bulgarian Socialist Party’s

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Business 

Bulgarian MPs cap loan interest rates, eliminate fine print

March 28, 2014March 30, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament passed at second reading on March 28 amendments to the country’s Consumer Loans Act, which set a ceiling

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Business 

Business climate sentiment in Bulgaria improved in March 2014 – statistics institute

March 28, 2014March 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian business climate indicator in March 2014 was 1.2 percentage points higher than in February, the National Statistical Institute

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament passes Audit Office bill amid criticism

March 28, 2014March 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian lawmakers passed at second reading the amendments to the law regulating the activity of the National Audit Office (NAO),

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World 

Rights group: Turkey’s YouTube, Twitter bans violate free expression

March 28, 2014March 28, 2014 VOANews

A leading international human rights group is calling the Turkish government’s decision to block YouTube a “disastrous move” for freedom

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria budgets 22 million leva for May 2014 European Parliament elections

March 28, 2014March 30, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament

The Bulgarian government has budgeted 22 million leva (about 11 million euro) for the country’s May 25 2014 European Parliament

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World 

Move over Saturn, scientists find rings around miniature planet

March 28, 2014March 28, 2014 VOANews final frontier

Whenever you think of a planet with rings around it, Saturn probably comes to mind first. Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune

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a pair of handcuffs
World 

Four Bulgarians arrested in Canada on debit card fraud charges

March 28, 2014March 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Four Canadian citizens of Bulgarian origin were arrested on March 27 on charges of debit card fraud, accused of siphoning

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