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Month: April 2014

Business 

EU annual inflation 0.6% in March 2014 – Eurostat

April 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

  Annual inflation in the European Union was 0.6 per cent in March 2014, down from 0.8 per cent in

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Bulgaria 

Half of personal data in Bulgaria ‘completely compromised’

April 16, 2014April 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The scandal in Bulgaria about illicit use of personal data by some political parties to file election registration applications has

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s invasion of the political body snatchers

April 16, 2014April 18, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

For all the indignation about the illegal use by political parties in Bulgaria of personal data to register for the

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Bulgaria 

Living conditions for asylum-seekers in Bulgaria improve but gaps remain – UN refugee agency

April 16, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Syrian refugees

The United Nations office of the High Commission for Refugees has acknowledged the “significant efforts” made recently by the Bulgarian

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Business 

Fairfax-led group gets go-ahead to invest 1.3 billion euro in Eurobank

April 16, 2014April 16, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greece’s banking system was handed a vote of confidence on April 15 as Eurobank was given the go-ahead for a

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Europe 

Romanian PM moves office to defence ministry to evade phone tapping

April 16, 2014April 16, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romanian PM Victor Ponta said on April 14 he would relocate his office from the government seat to the headquarters

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Europe 

Ukraine receives additional aid as tensions rise

April 16, 2014 Mil Arcega of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Tensions are rising in Ukraine even as assurances of international aid to stabilize the country’s battered economy have started pouring

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Europe 

Ukrainian deputy prime minister says several hundred Russian troops in Ukraine

April 16, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Hundreds of Russian soldiers are in Donetsk Oblast and their numbers are increasing, said First Deputy head of the Security

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Sport 

Dimitrov survives late scare to win Monte-Carlo opener

April 15, 2014April 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov was forced to dig deep to avoid a first-round exit at the Monte-Carlo Masters against Spaniard Marcel

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