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Day: April 1, 2014

Europe World 

NATO suspends all co-operation with Russia

April 1, 2014April 3, 2014 VOANews Nato, Russia, Ukraine

NATO will suspend “all practical civilian and military cooperation” with Russia because of Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea. In a

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Europe Leisure 

European Commission proposes ‘more flexible’ Schengen visa rules

April 1, 2014April 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission (EC) has announced proposed changes to the EU’s Schengen visa system that it says will simplify procedures

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors indict former head of government flight squadron

April 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office said on April 1 that it pressed charges of malfeasance against the former head of the government

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian unemployment 13.1% in February 2014, 10.6% in EU – Eurostat

April 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria was 13.1 per cent in February 2014, above the European Union average that month, which was 10.6

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Europe 

Pilot strike cancels 28 Lufthansa flights to and from Sofia

April 1, 2014April 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 28 direct flights to and from Sofia have been cancelled as a result of the strike by

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Bulgaria 

Systematic violations of human rights in Bulgaria, report says

April 1, 2014April 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

There were systematic violations of human rights in Bulgaria in 2013, watchdog group the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee said in its

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Bulgaria 

AI: EU must ban transfers of asylum seekers to Bulgaria until country’s ‘affairs in order’

April 1, 2014April 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

European countries must not transfer any asylum seekers to Bulgaria until the country truly improves its appalling reception conditions and

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Bulgaria 

Move against Bulgarian debt collectors ‘linked to elections’

April 1, 2014April 2, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Legislative amendments tabled by a Bulgarian Socialist Party MP to ban private debt collectors from being hired by the state

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Business 

Polish and US gas giants joins forces in shale gas exploration

April 1, 2014April 1, 2014 The Warsaw Voice energy, Poland

Poland’s gas monopolist PGNiG signed a co-operation deal with US fuel giant Chevron on joint exploration of four shale gas

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