Bulgarian MPs overturn presidential veto on Audit Office bill
Bulgarian Parliament voted on April 15 to overturn President Rossen Plevneliev’s veto on the amendments to the law regulating the
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Month: April 2014
Bulgaria Ombudsman asks Constitutional Court to scrap data retention provisions
Bulgaria’s Ombudsman Konstantin Penchev said on April 15 that he has asked the country’s Constitutional Court to scrap the provisions
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Outrage in Bulgaria after political parties abuse identity numbers to register
Investigations have been promised following revelations that some political parties in Bulgaria fraudulently used the official personal identity numbers of
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Bulgarian gang of credit card fraudsters bust
An investigation lasting more than a year into an organised group of Bulgarian criminals committing credit card fraud has been
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Russia’s ‘provocative’ flights over Black Sea continue to cause tensions
Bulgaria’s defence minister has complained that Russia military aircrafts are continuing to carry out provocative reconnaissance flights close to Bulgaria’s
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Obama, Putin talk as separatists tighten grip on eastern Ukraine
Pro-Russia demonstrators on Monday defied a government deadline to vacate occupied buildings in exchange for amnesty, as Ukraine’s interim president
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Romanian PM threatens criminal complaint against president
Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta said on April 14 that his social democrat party PSD would file a complaint against
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National Bank of Greece shares plummet as capital increase plan goes ahead
National Bank of Greece (NBG) shares plummeted 12.13 per cent on April 14 as plans for the bank’s capital increase
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Turkey’s central bank hikes interest rates
Concerns are growing about Turkey’s economy after Moody’s cut its debt-rating outlook from stable to negative. The financial rating agency
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