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Greece’s parliament has been formally dissolved ahead of a general election that could end an era of austerity that has led to political and social upheaval. Parliament dissolved Wednesday after […]
Coal-short Ukraine has secured 1.3 million tons of coal supplies a month to avoid the power blackouts during the winter period, said Energy Minister V ...
Some other news items from Bulgaria in 2014, that were not necessarily about politics or protests, a pipeline or the plummet of a bank. For some reaso ...
The heavy snowfalls and cold weather killed three people in Bulgaria, with a state of emergency declared in parts of north-western Bulgaria and authorities warning against travel to the area. […]
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on December 30 that a total of seven Bulgarian nationals were rescued from the Norman Atlantic ferryboat, which caught fire in the Adriatic Sea as it […]
Business people in Bulgaria were gloomy in December 2014, as the overall business climate indicator measured by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) resumed its downward trend following the brief increase […]
(Main photo: Anastasia Vlasova/Kyiv Post
Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko has signed a law revoking Ukraine’s non-aligned status as part of efforts to move the country closer to Nato, the western military alliance. Russia views Nato […]
Russia’s more aggressive military posture in Europe during the past year has pushed Nato to take new steps to strengthen its defenses, providing it, analysts say, with a much-needed new […]
