Greece lowers tax to lure oil and gas explorers
A two-day event kicked off in London on July 1 where Greece presented opportunities of oil exploitation in the Ionian and
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Day: July 2, 2014
US reassures Baltics against Russian threat
At a new NATO-standard airbase in Estonia, four F-16s train over the Baltic Sea, sometimes coming within 100 meters of
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Russia bans beef and cattle imports from Romania
Russia announced on July 1 2014 that it would ban beef and cattle imports from Romania amid fears of bovine
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Dimitrov ousts defending champ Murray in Wimbledon quarterfinal
Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov ended Andy Murray’s Wimbledon title defence in straight sets 6-1, 7-6, 6-2 to advance to his first
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Bulgaria’s cabinet ‘to resign at end of July’
Clarity on when Bulgaria’s cabinet will resign came a small step closer on July 2 when Plamen Oresharski, occupant of
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Bulgaria’s June floods: Volunteer wants emergency number 112 prosecuted
One of the volunteers involved in the rescue efforts after the June 19 deadly floods says that he intends taking
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Major casualties on both sides as fierce fighting continues in eastern Ukraine
At least five Ukrainian soldiers and hundreds of separatists have been killed in the past 24 hours, according to Ukraine’s
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Bulgarian NGOs criticise central bank amendments on bank runs – report
Several representatives of prominent Bulgarian think-tanks have criticised the amendments put forth by the country’s central bank, proposing to criminalise
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Bulgaria sells 1.23B leva of government bills
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has said that it sold 1.23 billion leva (about 629 million euro) worth of five-month government bills
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