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Month: September 2014

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s energy regulator meeting makes no decision on electricity price increase

September 30, 2014September 30, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian elections 2014, energy

Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) said on September 30 2014, after meeting for more than four hours,

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Bulgaria 

Liechtenstein sends inquiry to Bulgaria about Corpbank’s Vassilev

September 30, 2014October 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Authorities in Liechtenstein have sent an inquiry to Bulgarian prosecutors about Corporate Commercial Bank majority shareholder Tsvetan Vassilev, currently in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria confirms supplying arms to Iraq as reaction to ‘Islamic State’ threat

September 30, 2014October 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s government confirmed on September 30 that it had agreed to supply emergency military assistance to Iraq in the form

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Europe 

Unemployment in Bulgaria in August 2014 was 11.3%, EU 10.1%

September 30, 2014October 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in the European Union was 10.1 per cent in August 2014, with Bulgaria recording 11.3 per cent, according to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President: EU should have integrated approach to issues that cause refugee wave

September 30, 2014October 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Syrian refugees

The European Union should address the issues that are causing waves of refugees, the heads of state of nine EU

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: New wave of asylum-seekers has started, but country is prepared, refugee agency says

September 30, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Syrian refugees

A new wave of refugees entering Bulgaria has already started, but the country is prepared to cope, according to the

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Europe 

EC approves 165M euro support deal for fruit and vegetable markets after Russian ban

September 30, 2014September 30, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, Russia

The European Commission has adopted a new programme, worth up to 165 million euro, for emergency market measures for perishable

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Europe 

RAF jets fly for fifth time from Cyprus and the government asks for protection

September 30, 2014September 30, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus

RAF jets have flown for the fifth time on Monday from the British Sovereign Base in Akrotiri, Cyprus, since the

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Bulgaria 

Archaeological roundup: Finds in Bulgaria include ancient coins, a basilica and an inn in Philippopolis

September 30, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

A mid-ninth century inscription in Cyrillic script, a treasure of more than 1200 Byzantine coins, a fragment of a hunting

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