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Day: April 3, 2014

Bulgaria 

European Parliament report: EC should consider stopping EU funds for Bulgaria

April 3, 2014April 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament

A sharply critical report adopted by the European Parliament on April 3 2014 calls on the European Commission to “seriously

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court agrees to hear case against President’s decree on election commission

April 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court said on April 3 2014 that it had agreed to hear an application lodged against President Rossen

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Europe 

Ukrainian official: Protesters were shot under Yanukovych’s orders

April 3, 2014April 3, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s acting interior minister has alleged that the killing of protesters in Kyiv took place under the orders of ousted

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Business 

Bulgaria’s retail trade increased 9.2% year-on-year in February 2014 – Eurostat

April 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

The total volume of retail trade in Bulgaria in February 2014 was 9.2 per cent higher than in February 2013,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s former conflict of interest commission chief handed prison sentence

April 3, 2014April 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia City Court found Filip Zlatanov, the former chairperson of the government’s commission on preventing conflict of interest, guilty on

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Europe 

EU approves visa-free travel for Moldovans

April 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Moldova

The European Council and European Parliament formally added Moldova to the list of third countries whose nationals are exempt from

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World 

EU’s Copernicus programme to launch first Sentinel satellite

April 3, 2014April 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

The EU is set to launch the first satellite of its ambitious civilian Earth-monitoring programme, Copernicus, on April 3. The

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Prosecutor-General orders probe into investigations into attacks on journalists’ cars

April 3, 2014April 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Bulgarian Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has called a meeting of all prosecutors handling investigations into the cases of arson of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian cabinet’s decision on Karadere faces court challenge

April 3, 2014April 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Green Party says that it has lodged a challenge in the Supreme Administrative Court to the cabinet’s March 19

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