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Day: July 14, 2014

Europe 

EU must help fund Balkan flood relief effort, European Parliament President Schulz says

July 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Varna floods

The collective solidarity that inspired cross-border rescue and relief efforts in the aftermath of the May 2014 floods in Bosnia-Herzegovina,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to join EU banking union in wake of CCB collapse

July 14, 2014July 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria’s political parties agreed on July 14 to launch proceedings to join the EU’s single supervisory mechanism of the European

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv court orders district mayor removed from office pending trial on corruption allegations

July 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Plovdiv Regional Court on July 14 order central district mayor Raina Petrova removed from office pending her trial in connection

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Europe 

Greek government to sell 1500 properties belonging to tax evaders

July 14, 2014July 14, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek tax authorities are preparing to sell, through an online auction, 1500 villas in tourist resorts in the country, such as

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Business 

Growth in EU’s Eastern European countries to double in 2014 – World Bank

July 14, 2014July 14, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators, World Bank

Economic growth in the EU member states from the former communist bloc is expected to nearly double from 1.4 per

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Europe 

Romania expects to be energy independent despite Ukraine crisis

July 14, 2014 VOANews energy, Romania, Russia, Ukraine

Romania is expected to achieve energy independence by the end of the decade, due to shale gas and alternative energy

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Europe 

Romanian prosecutors start hearings in EADS corruption case

July 14, 2014July 14, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romanian anti-corruption prosecutors started hearing at least 40 current and former high ranking dignitaries in a case which concerns a

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Bulgaria 

Sofia court releases Corporate Commercial Bank executive director on bail

July 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

At a hearing that lasted about nine hours until about 2am on July 14, Sofia City Court ordered Corporate Commercial

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