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Day: September 16, 2014

Business 

Bulgaria central bank extends CCB administration period for second time

September 16, 2014September 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s central bank said on September 16 that it extended the special supervision period for the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB)

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Bulgaria 

Majority shareholder of Bulgaria’s CCB surrenders to Serbian police – report

September 16, 2014September 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair, Serbia

The majority shareholder in Bulgaria’s Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), Tsvetan Vassilev, wanted by Bulgarian prosecutors on suspicion of embezzling, has

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Europe 

Ukraine’s parliament votes to grant self-rule, amnesty to Donbas separatists

September 16, 2014September 16, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s parliament supported on September 16 2014 two draft laws filed by President Petro Poroshenko aimed at temporary settling the

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Business 

Air France pilot strike causes cancellation of some Sofia flights

September 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff travel

The strike by Air France pilots has resulted in the cancellation of two Paris-Sofia flights and their corresponding return flights

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Bulgaria 

400 doctors have quit Bulgaria since start of 2014 – medical association

September 16, 2014September 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Four hundred Bulgarian doctors have left the country to work abroad since the beginning of 2014, pursuing vastly higher salaries

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian village continues ‘war’ over refugee children – but denies racism

September 16, 2014September 18, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

A group of refugee children from Somalia and Afghanistan may end up going to school in Sofia after residents of

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Leisure 

What’s On: Exhibition by Spanish photographers ‘The Human Condition’ opens on September 16

September 16, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

An exhibition of photographs entitled “La condición humana” (The Human Condition) by some of Spain’s most renowned photographers is on

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Europe 

Russian Gazprom vows to deliver minimal gas volumes to Poland

September 16, 2014September 16, 2014 The Warsaw Voice energy, Poland, Russia

Russian Gazprom is capable of exporting gas to Poland only at the minimal contracted level and not at levels currently

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Europe 

Parliamentary speaker Ewa Kopacz appointed Poland’s prime minister

September 16, 2014September 16, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Polish president Bronislaw Komorowski designated Sejm lower house speaker Ewa Kopacz as Poland’s prime minister to succeed Donald Tusk, and

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