Bulgaria halts South Stream ‘pending consultations with EU’
Bulgaria has stopped all activities linked to the building of the South Stream gas pipeline project pending full compliance of
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Month: June 2014
Kosovo holds general elections
Polls are open in Kosovo for a general election seen as a vital test for Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, and
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Poroshenko promises peace, offers terms to insurgents
In his first speech given as president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko promised to achieve peace, unity and European integration for
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Bulgaria’s Plevneliev congratulates Poroshenko on inauguration as president of Ukraine
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has congratulated Petro Poroshenko on his inauguration as president of Ukraine, the Bulgarian head of state’s
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Reactions to Stanishev – contradictions on compulsory voting, confusion over early elections
Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB leader Boiko Borissov welcomed a June 6 statement by Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev proposing compulsory
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US could sanction Bulgarian firms that work with South Stream construction firm Stroytransgaz – ambassador
Companies or individuals that provide material support to Stroytransgaz – the company to which Bulgaria awarded the contract to build
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Putin meets Obama, Poroshenko on D-Day event sidelines
U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin held brief talks on the sidelines of D-Day anniversary celebrations in
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McCain among three US senators to visit Bulgaria
United States senators John McCain, Chris Murphy and Ron Johnson are to visit Bulgaria over the weekend, the US embassy
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Fatal blast at power station in Kosovo
A powerful blast has happened at the premises of the Power Corporation of Kosovo (KEK) in Obligh, in thermal power station
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