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Day: October 14, 2014

Bulgaria 

GERB will not accept MRF support for single-party minority government

October 14, 2014October 17, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2014

Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party, winner of the most votes in Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections and the governing party-presumptive, has

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria investigating CCB owner Vassilev on money-laundering charges – reports

October 14, 2014October 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgarian prosecutors have started a pre-trial investigation against Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) majority shareholder Tsvetan Vassilev, reports in Bulgarian-language media

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian defence minister: ‘Catastrophic consequences’ unless country rids itself of old Russian military equipment

October 14, 2014October 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia

There will be “catastrophic consequences” for Bulgaria’s armed forces if they are not weaned soon from reliance on old Russian

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Business 

Bulgaria annual deflation up to 0.8% in September

October 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) posted another month of deflation, shrinking by 0.2 per cent in September, which pushed the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria receives ICANN approval for Cyrillic web suffix

October 14, 2014October 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Transport and Communications Ministry said on October 14 that the country has received the approval of the Internet Corporation

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Europe 

Romanian PM Ponta was secret agent – president

October 14, 2014October 14, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

The presidential campaign in Romania has hit a new boiling point following accusations made on October 13 by outgoing president

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Sport 

Bulgarian capital Sofia named European Capital of Sport 2018

October 14, 2014October 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Bulgarian capital city Sofia has been named European Capital of Sport 2018, the municipality said on October 14. The decision

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Bulgaria 

Mixed results in Bulgaria’s campaign against vote-buying

October 14, 2014October 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014

Results in the Bulgarian caretaker cabinet’s campaign against vote-buying appear to have been mixed, with Interior Ministry leadership hinting at

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Bulgaria 

Mixed-race family beaten in Sofia after Moroccan husband said ‘I love you’ in English – report

October 14, 2014October 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

A Bulgarian woman and a Moroccan man were seriously assaulted in Sofia after a group overheard the husband saying to

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