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Day: October 6, 2014

Europe 

Lukoil closes refinery in Romania after facility placed under distraint

October 6, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania, Russia

A Russian subsidiary in Romania has decided to close down a refinery it operates in Ploiesti after prosecutors levied a

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Europe 

Poland’s gas deliveries from East still short of order

October 6, 2014 The Kyiv Post energy, Poland, Russia, Ukraine

Poland had natural gas deliveries from Russia realized at a stable level in the week ending on October 2, but

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian elections 2014: Provisional results after 99.95% of ballots processed

October 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian elections 2014

Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB won 32.67 per cent of the votes in Bulgaria’s October 5 2014 early parliamentary elections, according

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Bulgaria 

Pieces of eight: Party perspectives on a Bulgarian coalition

October 6, 2014October 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014, Bulgarian elections 2014

In the first 24 hours after polls closed in Bulgaria’s October 5 2014 parliamentary elections, the eight parties elected put

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Bulgaria 

GERB to seek to form minority government with Borissov as PM

October 6, 2014October 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian elections 2014

Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB, winner of the largest share of votes in the October 5 parliamentary elections, will seek to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s rocky road to a new governing coalition

October 6, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian elections 2014

After Bulgaria’s October 5 2014 early parliamentary elections, the country faces a rocky road to achieving a new governing coalition,

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Bulgaria 

What’s it worth being a Bulgarian MP? The pay and perks

October 6, 2014October 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Free travel on Sofia public transport, free cross-country rail transport, free parking outside Parliament and a salary of at least

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Bulgaria 

Movement for Rights and Freedoms takes most of votes abroad in Bulgaria’s elections

October 6, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian elections 2014, Turkey

The Movement for Rights and Freedoms, the party led and supported in the main by Bulgarians of Turkish ethnicity, won

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian elections 2014: Provisional results after 97.2% of ballots processed

October 6, 2014October 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014

With 97.2 per cent of ballots processed, the Central Election Commission said on October 6 that Boiko Borissov’s GERB party

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