Bulgarian opposition GERB says it will boycott parliament until cabinet resigns
Bulgarian centre-right opposition leader Boiko Borissov said on July 3 that his GERB party would stay away from the National
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Month: July 2014
Bulgarian President hosts Iftar dinner, underlines religious tolerance
In a first for a Bulgarian head of state, President Rossen Plevneliev has hosted an Iftar dinner, using the occasion
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Latvia wary of Russian moves
Latvia is 1,000 kilometers north of the separatist war in southern Ukraine. But what Latvia and Ukraine shares is a
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Bulgarian MEP Kovachev elected to senior post in European Parliament
Bulgaria’s Andrey Kovachev, an MEP for GERB and a member of the centre-right European People’s Party political group in the
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Ukrainian forces reclaim critical border crossing
Dozens of spent bullet cartridges strewn across pavement scarred by the tracks of armored vehicles. A café and auto body
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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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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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