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Day: October 22, 2014

Europe 

Ukraine elections: Poroshenko Bloc, Radical Party and People’s Front to enter parliament, latest poll says

October 22, 2014October 22, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

With the campaign for Ukraine’s October 26 parliamentary race in its final days, a new poll conducted by the Democratic Initiatives

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Europe 

Ukrainians to vote on October 26 in key election

October 22, 2014 Al Pessin of VOANews Ukraine

Ukrainian voters go to the polls on Sunday October 26 2014 to elect a new parliament, the last political step

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Europe 

Ukraine relies on South African coal to stay warm during winter

October 22, 2014 The Kyiv Post energy, Ukraine

Ukraine’s electricity and heat generating companies are heavily dependent on coal for fuel, but the war that erupted in the main

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Business 

Audit finds CCB holding mainly impaired assets – central bank

October 22, 2014October 25, 2014 Alex Bivol CCB affair

The audits carried out at the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) found that the bank’s books are full of impaired assets,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s coalition drama: Reformist Bloc sees Patriotic Front as ‘acceptable’ partner

October 22, 2014October 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014

The Reformist Bloc sees the best possible government for Bulgaria as a centre-right coalition and sees the nationalist Patriotic Front

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Europe 

European Parliament votes 423 – 209 to approve Juncker European Commission

October 22, 2014October 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, European Parliament

Members of the European Parliament voted on October 22, with 423 in favour to 209 against, and with 67 absentions,

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Bulgaria 

Close to half of residence permits granted by Bulgaria in 2013 were to Russians

October 22, 2014October 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine

Bulgaria granted 6436 residence permits in 2013, more than 45 per cent of these to Russians, according to figures released

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria braces for bad weather, possible snow

October 22, 2014October 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The sunny spell over Bulgaria is set to come to an end on Thursday, October 23, when temperatures are expected

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian court sentences Brit to six months’ suspended and 5000 leva fine for taking eggs from protected bird species

October 22, 2014October 22, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

A court in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Bourgas has given a British citizen six months’ suspended sentence and

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