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Month: August 2014

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian court says no evidence of missing funds at CCB

August 21, 2014August 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Sofia City Court ruled on August 21 to release from arrest the deputy chief accountant of Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB),

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Europe 

Ukraine gets new evidence of Russian soldiers fighting on its turf

August 21, 2014August 21, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine received new evidence of Russian soldiers fighting on its territory when the army captured two armored personnel vehicles on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria acts against Bluetongue disease, but breeders irate at ‘belated’ response

August 21, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Agriculture and Food Ministry has held an emergency meeting on dealing with the outbreak of Bluetongue disease in parts

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Bulgaria 

Three outbreaks of bluetongue disease in Bulgaria, said to come from Greece and Turkey

August 21, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Three outbreaks of Bluetongue disease have found in the district of Blagoevgrad, in the areas of Simitli, Satovcha and Katuntsi,

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Europe 

Poland’s interior minister faces state prosecutor over bugging scandal

August 21, 2014August 21, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Poland’s Interior Minister Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz presented his deposition to the state prosecutor’s office in relation to the June tape scandal

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Europe 

Amid defiant Russian sanctions, serious doubts about economic future

August 21, 2014August 21, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

This is the season of economic discontent in Russia, with Moscow and the West tit-for-tatting sanctions in response to the

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Europe 

Europe’s food industry looks to compensate for Russian embargo

August 20, 2014 Lisa Bryant of VOANews European Commission, Russia, Ukraine

The European Commission is taking exceptional measures to help fruit and vegetable growers reeling from a new Russian embargo against

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Europe 

Ukrainian troops reclaim key eastern town

August 20, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine says it has reclaimed control of a key city in the east, where rebels and government troops are battling

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Bulgaria 

Seven coalitions and 22 parties to stand in Bulgaria’s October 2014 parliamentary elections

August 20, 2014August 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Seven coalitions and 22 political parties will stand in Bulgaria’s ahead-of-term national parliamentary elections on October 5 2014. This emerged

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