Russia, Ukraine, former natural gas trading partners, now trade insults
Russia and Ukraine, once brotherly nations, are fighting over natural gas deliveries and military aid. Russia has stopped buying potatoes
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Month: June 2014
What’s On: Tori Amos at Sofia’s National Palace of Culture, June 20
US singer-songwriter and pianist Tori Amos brings her Unrepentant Geraldines world tour to the National Palace of Culture, NDK, in
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Final judgment on Croatian former PM Sanader: 8.5 years in prison
The Supreme Court confirmed on June 13 2014 the first verdict against former Prime Minister of Croatia Ivo Sanader for
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Investigators question Peevski over allegations by Protest Network, ‘murder plot’ against him
The Sofia Investigation Service questioned controversial figure Delyan Peevski for some hours on June 16 in connection with allegations against
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Bulgaria heads for another day of drama with special meetings of security council, parliament
Bulgaria appears set for another day of drama amid its continuing political crisis, with special meetings scheduled for June 17
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District court in Bulgaria’s Kurdjali rejects Muslim property claim to Regional Historical Museum building
Kurdjali District Court has rejected a property claim lodged by the office of the Chief Mufti, spiritual leader of Bulgaria’s
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EU inflation down to 0.6% in May 2014 – Eurostat
Euro zone annual inflation was 0.5 per cent in May, down from 0.7 per cent a month earlier, and the
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Heavy rain disrupts traffic in Varna, a day after Plovdiv mops up after thunderstorm
Heavy rain disrupted traffic in Varna on June 16, the morning after a river burst its banks to flood 50
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Bulgarian border should move west into Serbia – report
Bulgaria is little bit more of a Western country than previously had been thought, because a point of its border
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