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The European Commission is taking exceptional measures to help fruit and vegetable growers reeling from a new Russian embargo against selected food imports. The aim is to avoid a glut […]
Ukraine says it has reclaimed control of a key city in the east, where rebels and government troops are battling for territory. Ukraine’s nation ...
Seven coalitions and 22 political parties will stand in Bulgaria’s ahead-of-term national parliamentary elections on October 5 2014. This emerge ...
Bulgaria’s Budget deficit was expected to exceed the official target of 1.8 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), with the caretaker cabinet mak ...
The South Stream gas pipeline is suffering from the “Belene syndrome” – despite uncertainty about the project’s progress, the “expenditure” is clearly on the rise. We are constantly being told that the […]
Bulgaria’s nomination of its incumbent European Commissioner, Kristalina Georgieva, for a second term – but this time as EU foreign policy chief – was discussed at a meeting between caretaker […]
Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet is considering an Interior Ministry proposal to extend the controversial fence at the border with Turkey, completed in 2014 to prevent refugees crossing into Bulgaria, by adding […]
The European Commission accepted Poland’s motion to file a complaint with the World Trade Organization against Russia’s trade embargo for EU food exports, Polish agriculture minister Marek Sawicki said on […]
As the Ukrainian military reclaims control of eastern cities from pro-Russian separatists, residents are getting a chance to rebuild their lives. In the town of Kramatorsk in Donetsk province, a […]
