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Day: July 17, 2014

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria ups funding for archaeology in 2014 amid criticism over scant cash

July 17, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency archaeology

Bulgaria’s cabinet approved additional spending of 1.5 million leva (about 750 000 euro) in the budget of the culture ministry

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea towns mop up after floods

July 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The state of emergency in the Bulgarian southern Black Sea town of Primorsko declared after flooding was lifted on July

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Business 

OMV Petrom finds new oil reserves along the Black Sea coast

July 17, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania

OMV Petrom, a company controlled by the Austrian group OMV, announced that it had discovered new reserves of oil in shallow

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Europe 

EU leaders fail to agree on top jobs, to meet again on August 30

July 17, 2014July 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, Plamen Oresharski

A European Council special meeting on July 16 to discuss who should be the next European Union foreign policy chief

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Europe 

White House toughens sanctions on Russia over Ukraine, EU also to widen restrictive measures

July 17, 2014July 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

A special meeting of European Union leaders on July 16 agreed on expanding restrictive measures against Russia in response to

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Europe 

Brussels donor conference raises more than 1.8 billion euro for flood-hit Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia

July 17, 2014July 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia

A donor conference held in Brussels on July 16 has resulted in pledges of 809.2 million euro for Bosnia and

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