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Day: August 1, 2014

Bulgaria 

What’s On: Mindya Rock Fest, August 28-30

August 1, 2014August 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The sixth annual Mindya Rock Fest is to be held in the Veliko Turnovo region village, on the northern slopes

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian parties remain deadlocked on Budget revision

August 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan, Rossen Plevneliev

Talks between Bulgaria’s largest political parties, hosted by President Rossen Plevneliev on August 1, have failed to break the deadlock

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Business 

Bulgaria confident South Stream will get EC approval – minister

August 1, 2014August 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy, South Stream

Bulgaria’s outgoing economy minister Dragomir Stoynev said on August 1 that the controversial decision to sell state land to the

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Business 

Westinghouse signs shareholder agreement for new Bulgarian nuclear unit

August 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy, nuclear

US nuclear firm Westinghouse Electric said on August 1 that it has signed a shareholder agreement to build a new

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Bulgaria 

Floods in Bulgaria: One dead in Vratsa, emergency in Rhodope villages

August 1, 2014August 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia

A 25-year-old man died in a Vratsa village as a result of floods as several hours of heavy rain deluged

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Europe 

EU countries name their candidate European Commissioners

August 1, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

With Jean-Claude Juncker’s European Commission due to take office in November 2014, the 28 EU member countries are in the

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Bulgaria 

Protest Network alleges Barekov skirted laws in funding BWC

August 1, 2014August 1, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s Protest Network, the group that arose out of protests demanding the resignation of the now-outgoing government, has alleged that

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Europe 

Poland seeks compensation for Russian ban on fruit

August 1, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia, Ukraine

Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki has appealed to the European Commission to compensate Poland after Russia decided to ban Polish fruit

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Europe 

Analysts: Putin unfazed by tougher sanctions

August 1, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

The European Union on July 29 agreed to more severe sanctions against Russia in response to its continued promotion of

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