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Day: June 4, 2014

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Business 

Lithuania ready to adopt euro, Bulgaria still falls short – EC convergence report

June 4, 2014June 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone, European Commission, Lithuania

The European Commission released its latest euro area convergence report on June 4, assessing the readiness of EU member states

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Europe 

US offers Ukraine $5 million to help it fight separatists

June 4, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The United States is offering Ukraine $5 million in non-lethal assistance to help the country’s military forces in their effort

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria reports 0.3% economic growth in Q1

June 4, 2014June 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.3 per cent in the first quarter of this year, compared to the last three months

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Leisure 

What’s on: Massive Attack at the Winter Palace, June 5

June 4, 2014June 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

This spring has been a good one for fans of trip-hop in Bulgaria – two months after Tricky’s gig at the

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Bulgaria 

New row over Bulgarian government plan to borrow three billion leva

June 4, 2014June 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s embattled government is embroiled in a new row over a plan to borrow three billion leva (about 1.5 billion

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Bulgaria 

EC suspends million of leva regional development funds payments to Bulgaria

June 4, 2014June 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission has temporarily suspended payments of several million euro in regional development funding for urban development and tourism

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Bulgaria 

President Plevneliev: Bulgarian government must prove it can keep to EU rules

June 4, 2014June 5, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has said that the government must prove by its actions that Bulgaria knows how to carry

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Europe 

Poland ‘frontline’ in US effort on Ukraine

June 4, 2014 Mark Snowiss of VOANews Poland, Russia, Ukraine

When U.S. President Barack Obama chose Poland to begin a four-day European trip, he sent a message about the country’s

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Europe 

Albania and Kosovo unify their education systems

June 4, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Albania, Kosovo

As of June 3, Albania and Kosovo officially have a unified education system. Schools in the Republic of Albania and

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