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Month: July 2014

Europe 

Greece kicks off fresh bond issue

July 10, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The Greek government begun the process for a second bond issue on July 9, the second since being bailed out

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Europe 

Ukraine’s president vows to take back east from pro-Russia rebels

July 10, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has vowed to retake remaining rebel-held areas of eastern Ukraine, but says government forces will exercise

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Bulgaria 

Borissov repeats demand for GERB to nominate Bulgaria’s European Commissioner

July 9, 2014July 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, European Commission, European elections 2014, Sergei Stanishev

Bulgarian opposition centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov has repeated his insistence that his party should nominate the country’s European

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euro notes in a shopping trolley
Business 

Bulgaria anti-trust regulator fines retail chain Kaufland for misleading claims

July 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has fined retail chain Kaufland 542 700 leva (about 277 500 euro) for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian opposition calls for defence minister’s resignation over delays in Bulgarian-Turkish border fence

July 9, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

Bulgarian Defence Minister Angel Naidenov should resign immediately over the latest failure by his ministry, the delays in completing the

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Business 

Gazprom CEO Miller to visit Croatia

July 9, 2014July 10, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, energy, Serbia

The head of Russian energy company Gazprom, Alexei Miller, will arrive for an official visit to Croatia on July 9,

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Business 

Bulgarian exports to EU drop 0.9% year-on-year in January – April 2014

July 9, 2014July 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgarian exports to other European Union countries in January to April 2014 were 0.9 per cent less than in the

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Bulgaria 

Insurance companies in Sofia extend hours for claims after severe hailstorm

July 9, 2014July 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Insurance companies in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia temporarily extended their working hours and timeframes for accepting claims after the severe

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Bulgaria 

Dealing with Varna’s Asparouhovo flood damage to cost more than 23 million leva – estimate

July 9, 2014July 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Varna, Varna floods

Drainage and cleaning after the deadly flood that struck the Asparouhovo area of Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Varna cost

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