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Month: June 2014

Sport 

Bulgaria’s Dimitrov cruises past Wawrinka to book place in final at Queen’s

June 14, 2014June 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov swatted aside Stanislas Wawrinka in just over an hour to book a place in the Aegon Championships

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Business 

S&P cuts Bulgaria’s rating over political environment, weak growth

June 14, 2014June 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s cut Bulgaria’s sovereign debt rating to BBB-, saying that it expected the structural institutional

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Bulgaria 

Mystery surrounds prosecutor, police raids of company offices in Sofia

June 13, 2014June 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Prosecutors and police searched and seized documents at offices of companies in Sofia, the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office said on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM offers little clarity on South Stream status

June 13, 2014June 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Plamen Oresharski, South Stream

The future of the South Stream pipeline in Bulgaria remains muddled, with parliamentary hearings of Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski and

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Europe 

Ukrainian forces regain control of Mariupol

June 13, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainian security forces have regained control of Mariupol, a port city in the Donetsk region that has changed hands several

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Bulgaria 

Bokova could be nominated as Bulgaria’s European Commissioner, rather than UN Secretary General – report

June 13, 2014February 10, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Irina Bokova

Against a background of political turbulence in Bulgaria and the question mark over how long the current government will last,

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Bulgaria 

Government will not fall today, Stanishev says after vote of no confidence defeated

June 13, 2014June 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plamen Oresharski, Sergei Stanishev

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on June 13 to reject a motion of no confidence by centre-right opposition GERB, in a

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Leisure 

What’s On: One Design Week in Plovdiv from June 20 to 29

June 13, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

One Design Week, an international festival for design and visual culture, is being held in Plovdiv from June 20 to

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Bulgaria 

IMF sees ‘modest pick-up in economic growth’ in Bulgaria in 2014

June 13, 2014June 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff IMF

The International Monetary Fund continues to project a modest pick-up in economic growth in Bulgarian in 2014 from a subdued

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