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The European Commission has given Bulgaria an additional month, until July 30, explain irregularities with the awarding of rural development and farm subsidies, public broadcaster Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) reported […]
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has reported that the consolidated Budget deficit for the first five months of 2014 was 888.6 million leva, or 454.3 mil ...
In its first sitting on July 1 2014, the newly-elected European Parliament voted to give Martin Schulz a second term as European Parliament President, ...
Bulgaria’s competition regulator said on July 1 that it has fined Microsoft Bulgaria 187 000 leva (about 95 600 euro) for unfair trade practices. Th ...
Unemployment in Bulgaria was 11.9 per cent in May 2014, flat compared to the previous month, according to seasonally-adjusted figures released by EU statistics office Eurostat on July 1. Earlier, […]
Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchnyov says Ukrainian forces have launched new military operations against pro-Russian separatists, hours after the expiration of a unilateral cease-fire. Turchnyov made the announcement Tuesday in [&he ...
Romanian social-democrat prime minister Victor Ponta has said he is ready to make a run at the presidency if he has the full support of his party. The statement comes […]
Former Soviet republic Moldova’s government is happily embracing a new pact with the European Union. But the celebration is overshadowed by the prospect of Russian retaliation for the move, especially […]
