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Day: October 10, 2014

Bulgaria 

French ambassador queries Bulgarian nationalist party’s commemoration of assassin

October 10, 2014October 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

France’s ambassador in Sofia, Xavier Lapeyre de Cabanes, has written to the leader of Bulgarian ultra-nationalist party VMRO querying the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria, Russia embroiled in new diplomatic spat

October 10, 2014October 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Russia

For the second time in the space of one week, officials in Sofia and Moscow exchanged harsh words, after Russia’s

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Bulgaria 

EC proposes 10.5M euro from Solidarity Fund to aid Bulgaria recover from June 2014 floods

October 10, 2014October 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, floods

The European Commission has proposed granting 10.5 million euro to Bulgaria to help cover emergency costs in dealing with the

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Bulgaria 

Borissov: Coalition partners will get ministries but GERB will not govern with BSP, MRF

October 10, 2014October 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian election 2014

Boiko Borissov says his GERB party will make the compromise in negotiations on a future government of other parties sharing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarians have about 400M leva in Swiss banks – revenue agency

October 10, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarians hold about 400 million leva (about 204.69 million euro) in banks in Switzerland, according to calculations by Bulgaria’s National

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Leisure 

What’s On: Sofia Opera and Ballet presents Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly on October 24

October 10, 2014October 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff editors pick, Sofia

Sofia Opera and Ballet presents its production of Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly on October 24 at 7pm. Madama Butterfly (also

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Europe 

Romanian president says Lukoil refinery should be nationalised if it closes down

October 10, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania

Romanian president Traian Basescu has called on the Romanian government to look into the option of nationalising a refinery run

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Business 

ECB to regulate 120 of Europe’s largest banks

October 10, 2014 VOANews

A member of the Executive Board of Germany’s central bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, says in less than a month, the European

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Europe 

Ukraine election: Real characters change names to merge comics with politics

October 10, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Ukraine’s October 26 parliamentary elections promise to be fun with Super Mario, Spider-Man and Wolverine participating. They are about to get

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