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Day: June 3, 2014

Bulgaria 

BSP: Stanishev will stay but changes to political leadership, cabinet coming

June 3, 2014June 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sergei Stanishev

The Bulgarian Socialist Party is continuing to hurl blame in various directions for its poor showing in European Parliament elections,

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Business 

EC opens infringement proceedings against Bulgaria over South Stream

June 3, 2014June 5, 2014 Alex Bivol energy, European Commission, South Stream

The European Commission has formally launched infringement proceedings against Bulgaria over its choice of a contractor to build the land

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Europe 

Obama announces $1 billion security plan for Eastern Europe

June 3, 2014 VOANews Nato, Russia, Ukraine

President Barack Obama assured Poland and its eastern European neighbors on Tuesday that the U.S. commitment to their security was

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Europe 

Heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine as government restarts ‘active phase’ of anti-terror operation

June 3, 2014June 4, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Intense clashes between Ukrainian military forces and pro-Russia insurgents broke out in the eastern region of Donetsk early on June

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Bulgaria 

EU unemployment 10.4% in April 2014, 12.8% in Bulgaria – Eurostat

June 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria was 12.8 per cent in April 2014, slightly down from 13 per cent in March, according to

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Bulgaria 

Crisis continues as emergency medics protest in Bulgaria

June 3, 2014June 4, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The latest uproar over the state of emergency medical services in Bulgaria , with staff in Sofia and elsewhere protesting

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Bulgaria 

European Commission on Bulgaria: Unwarranted optimism on economic recovery, lack of reforms

June 3, 2014June 5, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency European Commission, macroeconomic indicators

A report by the European Commission on Bulgaria, coincidentally released just after a year of the Bulgarian Socialist Party government,

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Europe 

International police operation against Gameover Zeus botnet and Cryptolocker ransomware

June 3, 2014June 4, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Law enforcement agencies from around the world joined forces in a co-ordinated action led by the FBI which ensured the

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Europe 

Several rebels killed in attack on border post in eastern Ukraine

June 3, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainian government forces battled pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine not far from the Russian border Monday, as Russia called for

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