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Month: December 2014

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Europe 

Greece dissolves parliament, sets date for pivotal elections

December 31, 2014December 31, 2014 VOANews Greece

Greece’s parliament has been formally dissolved ahead of a general election that could end an era of austerity that has

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Europe 

Ukraine reaches deal to receive coal supplies during winter

December 31, 2014 The Kyiv Post energy, Ukraine

Coal-short Ukraine has secured 1.3 million tons of coal supplies a month to avoid the power blackouts during the winter

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Perspectives 

2014 in Bulgaria: Snapshots

December 31, 2014January 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian election 2014, CCB affair, energy, Lyutvi Mestan, Plamen Oresharski, South Stream, Varna floods
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Perspectives 

2014 in Bulgaria: In other news…

December 31, 2014January 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

Some other news items from Bulgaria in 2014, that were not necessarily about politics or protests, a pipeline or the

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Bulgaria 

Cold spell, heavy snow leave three dead in Bulgaria

December 30, 2014January 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The heavy snowfalls and cold weather killed three people in Bulgaria, with a state of emergency declared in parts of

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Bulgaria 

Seven Bulgarians rescued from Norman Atlantic ferry as death toll reaches 10

December 30, 2014January 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on December 30 that a total of seven Bulgarian nationals were rescued from the Norman Atlantic

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Business 

Bulgaria’s business climate gloomier in December

December 30, 2014December 30, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Business people in Bulgaria were gloomy in December 2014, as the overall business climate indicator measured by the National Statistical

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Perspectives 

2014 in CEE: From Sochi to MH17 to South Stream

December 30, 2014January 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Albania, archaeology, Czech Republic, editors pick, European Parliament, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, South Stream, Turkey, Ukraine

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Europe 

Ukraine formally scraps non-aligned status

December 29, 2014December 30, 2014 VOANews Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko has signed a law revoking Ukraine’s non-aligned status as part of efforts to move the country

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