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Day: December 1, 2014

Business 

Russia shelves South Stream gas pipeline plans, blames Bulgaria

December 1, 2014December 7, 2014 Alex Bivol South Stream

Russian president Vladimir Putin said on December 1 that state-owned gas monopoly Gazprom would shelve plans to build the South

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Bulgaria 

European, US law enforcement seize 292 internet domain names for selling counterfeit products

December 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Europol and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), together with 25 law enforcement agencies from 19

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Europe 

EU lends $186 million to reconstruct Ukraine’s major gas pipeline

December 1, 2014 The Kyiv Post energy, Ukraine

The European Investment Bank, the European Union’s lending arm, is providing a $186 million loan to Ukraine’s government for modernising

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Bulgaria 

Immediate end to military action in Ukraine needed, Bulgaria tells Russia

December 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

A key condition to normalising the situation in Ukraine is an immediate end to all military action on Ukrainian territory,

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Europe 

NATO chief: Russia violating Ukraine cease-fire

December 1, 2014 VOANews Nato, Russia, Ukraine

NATO says Russia is violating a truce in eastern Ukraine by sending in convoys with advanced weapons and personnel reinforcements

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian capital Sofia joins UNESCO ‘Creative Cities Network’

December 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Bulgarian capital city Sofia has been named as a member of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network, for its film industry. Launched

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet approves draft 2015 Budget

December 1, 2014December 7, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Government approved at a special meeting on December 1 the 2015 Budget bill drafted by the Finance Ministry, the

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Bulgaria 

Public protests planned against Binev heading Parliament’s committee on culture and media

December 1, 2014December 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Public protests are being organised by Bulgarians on Facebook against the appointment of controversial nationalist Patriotic Front MP Slavi Binev

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Europe 

Poland’s Donald Tusk takes over as EU Council president

December 1, 2014December 1, 2014 Deutsche Welle

Poland’s Donald Tusk has taken over as European Council president, charged with convening summits of the bloc’s 28 leaders. The

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