Greece dissolves parliament, sets date for pivotal elections
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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Month: December 2014
Ukraine reaches deal to receive coal supplies during winter
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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2014 in Bulgaria: In other news…
Some other news items from Bulgaria in 2014, that were not necessarily about politics or protests, a pipeline or the
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Cold spell, heavy snow leave three dead in Bulgaria
The heavy snowfalls and cold weather killed three people in Bulgaria, with a state of emergency declared in parts of
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Seven Bulgarians rescued from Norman Atlantic ferry as death toll reaches 10
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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Bulgaria’s business climate gloomier in December
Business people in Bulgaria were gloomy in December 2014, as the overall business climate indicator measured by the National Statistical
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2014 in CEE: From Sochi to MH17 to South Stream
(Main photo: Anastasia Vlasova/Kyiv Post
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Ukraine formally scraps non-aligned status
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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