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Day: December 23, 2014

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM orders probe of monthly electricity bills

December 23, 2014January 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, energy

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov ordered cabinet ministers to investigate claims that the most recent monthly electricity bills covered periods

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s missing former security agency chief Sertov is alive and in Greece – Interior Ministry

December 23, 2014January 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The former head of Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security, Petko Sertov, missing since leaving his home in Sofia on

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Europe 

Ukraine’s parliament drops country’s non-aligned status

December 23, 2014December 23, 2014 VOANews Ukraine

Ukraine took a further step toward seeking NATO membership Tuesday, when the country’s parliament passed a law abolishing Kyiv’s neutral,

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Bulgaria 

Judge at centre of controversy recuses herself from bankruptcy trial

December 23, 2014January 1, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency judiciary

Roumyana Chenalova, the judge at the centre of a controversy about a bankruptcy hearing that has re-ignited debate about the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways adds coaches, heavy lorry ban on motorways ahead of Christmas road rush

December 23, 2014December 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarians travelling for Christmas will be able to take advantage of extra coaches on the railways, but bus tickets are

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Sport 

Tennis star Grigor Dimitrov named Bulgarian sports person of the year

December 23, 2014December 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Bulgarian top tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has been named the country’s sports person of the year for 2014. The year

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Europe 

Ukraine peace talks to resume this week

December 23, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany have reached an agreement to hold a new round of peace talks

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