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Month: August 2014

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to revise controversial document for Nato summit naming Russia as threat

August 27, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s caretaker government has withdrawn a draft document on a proposed vision for the development of the country in Nato

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Business 

Bulgaria caretaker cabinet asks utilities regulator chief to resign

August 27, 2014August 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s caretaker Economy Minister Vassil Shtonov said on August 27 that the cabinet asked the head of the State Energy

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Sport 

Klitschko vs Pulev title bout date rescheduled to November 15

August 27, 2014August 29, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The fight between Bulgarian challenger Koubrat Pulev and Ukrainian defending heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko for the IBF boxing title will take place

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World 

IMF chief Lagarde probed in French corruption case

August 27, 2014August 27, 2014 VOANews IMF

International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde says she is being investigated for negligence in a corruption case dating back

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Europe 

Progress made on Ukraine talks

August 27, 2014August 27, 2014 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post Russia, Ukraine

Both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko claimed that progress has been made regarding the crisis on

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Europe 

Britain to back Polish PM Tusk as European Council president – report

August 27, 2014August 27, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland

London is prepared to support Polish prime minister Donald Tusk as the new president of the European Council as a

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Europe 

Impressive new findings inside Amphipolis tomb in Greece

August 27, 2014August 27, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency archaeology, Greece

Impressive are the new findings revealed from the excavations in the tomb of Kasta, in Amphipolis, by the KH Ephorate

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Bulgaria’s latest ‘vampire’ skeleton found in Plovdiv

August 26, 2014August 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s collection of “vampire skeletons” – burials in which measures were taken to prevent the deceased from rising as undead – can

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria impounds assets of eight CCB officials

August 26, 2014August 30, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on August 26 that the Sofia City Court impounded the assets held by eight officials of

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