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Day: November 17, 2014

Europe 

EU to extend sanctions against pro-Russians in Ukraine – Bulgarian Foreign Minister

November 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

There is agreement for the European Union to extend the personal sanctions list against pro-Russian representatives in Ukraine and a

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Business 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-September was 1.1B euro

November 17, 2014November 17, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first nine months of 2014 stood at 1.1 billion euro, the equivalent of

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Europe 

Sibiu mayor Iohannis wins Romanian presidency in surprise landslide win

November 17, 2014November 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

Klaus Iohannis, the ethnic German mayor of the town of Sibiu in central Romania, won the presidential run-off on November

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river boat near Kremlin buildings in Russia's capital city Moscow
Europe 

Russia expels Polish diplomats in retaliation

November 17, 2014November 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Poland, Russia

Russia’s foreign ministry said on November 17 that it has expelled “a number of Polish diplomats” in retaliation for similar

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Bulgaria 

Appeal to stop ‘show in the media’ as Bulgaria’s Reformist Bloc grapples with unity issue

November 17, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

An MP for Bulgaria’s centre-right Reformist Bloc has appealed to his coalition colleagues to stop their “show in the media”

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Bulgaria 

World Bank issues recommendations on how Bulgarian pupils can improve their maths, reading

November 17, 2014November 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

In 2012, Bulgarian pupils performed better in mathematics and reading on the PISA international student assessment test compared to 2006,

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Business 

Orbis to take over Accor’s operations in Central Europe

November 17, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Poland’s largest hotel operator Orbis Group has been cleared by its supervisory board to purchase the 46 existing and planned

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