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Month: October 2014

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs agree to speed up CCB deposit payouts, make no move on rescue

October 31, 2014November 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s Parliament approved a resolution on October 31 to bring Bulgarian laws in line with EU banking regulations, meant to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church metropolitan speaks out against growing popularity of Halloween in Bulgaria

October 31, 2014November 2, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Varna, Yoan, made a call on October 31 against the growing popularity of Halloween

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s coalition drama: Borissov ‘not optimistic’ about forming a government

October 31, 2014November 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

In spite of signs of progress towards a possible coalition government that could muster sufficient support in Bulgaria’s new Parliament,

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Bulgaria 

Sofia court acquits two in case of redecorating monument at Bulgarian Socialist Party HQ

October 31, 2014November 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests, Sofia

The Sofia District Court on October 31 acquitted two people who had been charged with hooliganism in connection with the

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Bulgaria 

Unemployment in EU was 10.1% in September 2014, 11.3% in Bulgaria – Eurostat

October 31, 2014November 2, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment across the 28 member states of the European Union was 10.1 per cent in September 2014, with Bulgaria higher

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Leisure 

What’s On: Italian soprano Scilla Cristiano in Rigoletto at Sofia’s NDK, October 31

October 31, 2014October 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Award-winning Italian soprano Scilla Cristiano is in Bulgaria for the first time for a performance of Verdi’s Rigoletto at the

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Europe 

Russia, Ukraine reach temporary gas deal

October 31, 2014November 2, 2014 VOANews energy, Russia, Ukraine

Russia – locked in a bitter standoff with Ukraine over a pro-Russian rebellion in Ukraine’s east – has agreed to

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Europe 

Film-maker Roman Polanski questioned in Poland over US extradition request

October 30, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Polish prosecutors have interrogated Polish-born film director Roman Polanski in connection with a US extradition request over a 1977 sex

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Europe 

NATO chief: Russia’s actions in Ukraine ‘challenge’ security

October 30, 2014 VOANews Greece, Nato, Russia, Ukraine

NATO’s new chief says the Euro-Atlantic alliance is facing “many challenges” from “many directions.” Speaking to reporters Thursday in Athens,

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