EU leaders mark 100 years since start of World War 1
Despite political tensions over the selection of the European Commission’s next leader, regional heads of state are in Ypres, Belgium,
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Day: June 26, 2014
Putin defends South Stream pipeline
Russian President Vladimir Putin is pushing back against Western opposition to his country’s planned South Stream pipeline that would allow
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EU prepares to sign association agreements with three former Soviet states
The European Union will sign association agreements on June 27 with three countries in its Eastern Partnership – Ukraine, Moldova
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The ins and outs of the new European Parliament political groups
The new European Parliament, to hold its first sitting on July 1 to 3 2014, will have seven political groups,
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Sovereign Order of Malta donates ambulance to Bulgaria’s Satovcha town
As part of celebrations of the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Sovereign Order of Malta and Bulgaria, the
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Bulgaria state utility NEK debt at 2.9B leva, regulator says
Bulgaria’s state-owned electricity utility NEK has amassed 2.9 billion leva (about 1.48 billion euro) in debt, the head of Bulgaria’s
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Bulgaria’s political war of words about war of words
On the eve of the latest day on which political consultations about early elections are meant to start, Bulgaria’s National
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Contest continues over who will be Bulgaria’s next European Commissioner
In parallel with the saga of deciding a date for Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections is that of “formulating clear principles
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Living without Russian gas: Hard, but possible
Since Russia’s Gazprom cut the gas supplies to Ukraine on June 16, the government has been intensively looking for the
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