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Month: July 2014

Europe 

EU, US add further sanctions against Russia over Ukraine, targeting banks, defence and energy sectors

July 30, 2014July 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Union has agreed a package of what it calls “significant” additional restrictive measures targeting sectoral co-operation and exchanges

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament approves Budget revision, extra funding for healthcare

July 29, 2014July 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian MPs passed at first reading on July 29 the revision of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) budget, approving

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Bulgaria 

Anti-Semitic incidents, vandalism of mosques persist in Bulgaria – US state department report

July 29, 2014July 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Religious groups in Bulgaria complained that the government had failed to consistently enforce protection of religious freedoms, while abuses such as

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Bulgaria 

Interior Ministry, Dossier Commission reject Barekov allegations against Borissov

July 29, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian populist politician Nikolai Barekov, amid the crumbling of his Bulgaria Without Censorship party, sought to claw back the initiative

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Bulgaria 

One dead, one missing after new floods hit Bulgaria

July 29, 2014July 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

One person died and another was missing after flash floods caused by heavy rain in the district of Gabrovo in

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Europe 

UK to send ‘battle group’ to Poland for exercises amid Ukraine crisis

July 29, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia, Ukraine

The UK is planning to send more than 1,300 British troops to take part in a forthcoming major NATO exercises

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Europe 

Ukrainian official: Black boxes show MH17 was downed by ‘massive, explosive decompression’ from shrapnel

July 29, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainian security service spokesman Andrei Lysenko said on July 28 that data recorders recovered from Malaysia Airlines flight 17 show

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Business 

Gloom in retail trade major factor as Bulgarian business confidence drops in July 2014

July 28, 2014July 28, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s business climate indicator fell by 3.2 percentage points month-on-month in July 2014 as managers in major industries lost confidence

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Bulgaria 

President, other parties congratulate Mikov on election as BSP leader

July 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

President Rossen Plevneliev, as well as the leaders of Bulgaria’s largest parties, have congratulated Mihail Mikov on his election as

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