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Month: April 2014

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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World 

NASA limits co-operation With Russia

April 3, 2014April 3, 2014 VOANews

The U.S. space agency, NASA, is suspending most of its work with Russia’s space program in the wake of Russian

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Europe 

Turkish courts slam internet curbs; challenge Erdogan’s web censorship

April 3, 2014April 3, 2014 Doug Bernard of VOANews Turkey

Rebuffing his government’s efforts to censor parts of the Internet, Turkey’s highest court Wednesday rejected Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s

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Business 

Poland’s national carrier LOT makes profit in 2013 for first time since 2008 

April 3, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Poland’s flagship airline PLL LOT posted a profit for the first time since 2008, closing 2013 with a net profit

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry preparing ‘loyalty tests’ for employees

April 2, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Police and other employees of Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry are facing “loyalty tests”, probably through the use of lie detectors, minister

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