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Month: June 2014

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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Bulgaria 

Sofia’s Lion Bridge intersection to be closed until late July for reconstruction project

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

One of Bulgarian capital city Sofia’s most important intersections, at Lion Bridge (Лъвов мост), and Maria Louisa Boulevard will be

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Bulgaria 

BSP: Stanishev will stay but changes to political leadership, cabinet coming

June 3, 2014June 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sergei Stanishev

The Bulgarian Socialist Party is continuing to hurl blame in various directions for its poor showing in European Parliament elections,

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Business 

EC opens infringement proceedings against Bulgaria over South Stream

June 3, 2014June 5, 2014 Alex Bivol energy, European Commission, South Stream

The European Commission has formally launched infringement proceedings against Bulgaria over its choice of a contractor to build the land

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Europe 

Obama announces $1 billion security plan for Eastern Europe

June 3, 2014 VOANews Nato, Russia, Ukraine

President Barack Obama assured Poland and its eastern European neighbors on Tuesday that the U.S. commitment to their security was

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Europe 

Heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine as government restarts ‘active phase’ of anti-terror operation

June 3, 2014June 4, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Intense clashes between Ukrainian military forces and pro-Russia insurgents broke out in the eastern region of Donetsk early on June

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