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Month: March 2014

Europe 

Ukraine’s Naftogaz meets new head with debts and losses

March 26, 2014March 26, 2014 The Kyiv Post energy, Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers appointed Andriy Kobolev as head of Naftogaz, the national oil and gas monopoly, during an overnight

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Bulgaria 

Tussle over Bulgaria’s new Central Election Commission continues

March 26, 2014March 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The political dispute over Bulgaria’s new Central Election Commission (CEC) that has put the President and the parties in power

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Bulgaria 

Refugees put demands as European Commissioner Malmström visits Bulgaria’s Harmanli shelter

March 26, 2014March 27, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency European Commission, Syrian refugees

Refugees housed at the shelter in Harmanli protested during a visit by European Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmström, demanding that

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Leisure 

House of Bulgaria’s Baba Vanga opens to visitors

March 26, 2014March 27, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

After close to 18 years of legal battles, the house in the Bulgarian village of Rupite in which Baba Vanga

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Bulgaria 

Flaws and foul-ups in Bulgaria’s 2011 census, NSI chief claims

March 26, 2014March 27, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Inaccuracies in counting the number of Bulgarians, asking the wrong questions and failing to ask some of the right ones

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Bulgaria 

Ukraine crisis, sanctions taking toll on Russia economy

March 26, 2014 Mil Arcega of VOANews

Although Russian leaders have downplayed the impact of recent U.S. and European sanctions, analysts say capital has been pouring out

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Europe 

British officers march in Poland to honour The Great Escape

March 26, 2014March 27, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland

A contingent of 50 British air force officers began a four-day march in the western Polish town of Żagań on

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Europe 

Ukraine apologises to Serbia for offensive video

March 26, 2014April 30, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia, Ukraine

The embassy of Ukraine in Serbia has sent a note to the Serbian foreign ministry apologizing for a technical mistake

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Europe 

Ukrainian Orthodox churches face own crisis

March 25, 2014 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

 It is a relatively quiet Sunday and adherents of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church — Kyiv Patriarch — are praying at

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