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Month: June 2014

Business 

Bulgaria central bank puts second lender under special supervision

June 22, 2014July 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Two days after putting the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) under special supervision, the Bulgarian National Bank said on June 22

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Europe 

Ukraine’s president talks peace plan to the nation

June 22, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko made a televised address to the nation on June 21, in which he discussed his 14-point peace

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s floods: Village evacuated as dam wall threatens to break

June 22, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Varna floods

The village of Novo Botevo in the Dobrich area in north-eastern Bulgaria was being evacuated on June 22 as the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s floods: Two children still missing, hundreds of volunteers join cleanup effort

June 22, 2014June 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Varna, Varna floods

Two children were still missing on the morning of June 22, the third day after the floods that brought death

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Bulgaria 

Illegal construction, logging seen as possible worsening factors in fatal floods in Bulgaria’s Varna

June 20, 2014June 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Varna, Varna floods

Illegal construction that obstructed the stormwater drainage system and illegal logging that heightened the risk of landslides were being named

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian authorities warn about continued flood risk

June 20, 2014June 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Varna floods

Bulgaria’s Environment Ministry said on June 20 that the risk of flash floods in the country remained high. The highest

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Pride parade postponed after deadly Varna floods

June 20, 2014June 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, Varna floods

Organisers of the Sofia Pride parade said on June 20 that this year’s event, scheduled for June 21, would be

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Business 

Bulgaria central bank puts CCB under special supervision

June 20, 2014July 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) said on June 20 that it put the country’s fourth-largest lender, the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB)

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s judiciary faces funding shortage – reports

June 20, 2014June 20, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency judiciary

Bulgaria’s judicial system had enough funds in its maintenance budget to last for a further two weeks, after which courthouses

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