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Month: July 2014

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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Bulgaria 

Oresharski: Bulgaria to support Georgieva nomination as next EU foreign policy chief

July 16, 2014July 18, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, European Commission, Plamen Oresharski, Sergei Stanishev

Plamen Oresharski, occupant of the prime minister’s chair in the Bulgarian Socialist Party cabinet, said on July 16 that Bulgaria

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast floods: Traffic jams, stranded people rescued

July 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

With a number of roads still closed after being inundated in heavy rains that struck parts of Bulgaria’s southern Black

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian opposition rejects proposed Budget revision as ‘inadequate’

July 16, 2014July 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s main opposition party GERB has said that it would not accept the proposed Budget revision, approved by the cabinet

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Bulgaria 

Floods at Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast: Police urge motorists not to travel to Sozopol, Primorsko and Tsarevo

July 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Police in Bourgas have urged motorists not to attempt to travel to the southern Black Sea towns of Sozopol, Primorsko

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