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Day: October 1, 2014

Bulgaria 

Liechtenstein confirms investigation of Corpbank’s Vassilev for suspected money laundering

October 1, 2014October 2, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Liechtenstein’s chief public prosecutor confirmed on October 1 2014 that an investigation into Tsvetan Vassilev, majority shareholder of Bulgaria’s Corporate

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian elections 2014: Interior Ministry has ‘information’ on politicians involved in vote-buying

October 1, 2014October 2, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry has information about certain politicians involved in vote-buying ahead of the country’s early parliamentary elections on October

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian business and unions reject proposed Budget 2014 rewrite

October 1, 2014October 2, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian elections 2014

Bulgarian private sector associations and trade unions have called for a postponement of the Budget 2014 update proposed by the

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People 

President confers Bulgaria’s highest honour on former French and German ambassadors

October 1, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev conferred the country’s highest honour, the Stara Planina First Class, on France’s former ambassador in Sofia

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World 

Turkish MPs to vote on military action against ‘Islamic State’

October 1, 2014 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Turkey has deployed tanks and armored vehicles to reinforce its border with Syria as the Turkish parliament prepares to authorize

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Europe 

Deadly attacks In Donetsk test Ukraine peace deal

October 1, 2014 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

After a series of attacks by pro-Moscow militia, Ukraine’s prime minister has accused Russia of failing to honor the cease-fire

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Europe 

Ukraine’s Euromaidan movement wins Walesa freedom prize

October 1, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia, Ukraine

Representatives of the Euromaidan protest movement that helped throw out Ukraine’s pro-Moscow government of Viktor Yanukovych were presented Monday an

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian populist BWC party blocks Turkish border

October 1, 2014October 1, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian election 2014, Turkey

Populist party Bulgaria Without Censorship (BWC), led by former talk show host Nikolai Barekov, blocked the country’s three border checkpoints

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