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Month: December 2014

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council investigates judge after complaints by companies, French ambassador

December 8, 2014December 9, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

The ethics committee of Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council has begun an investigation into whether Sofia City Court Judge Roumyana Chenalova

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Bulgaria 

Former head of Bulgaria’s security agency ‘missing’ – reports

December 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The former head of Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security (SANS) has been missing since December 5, local media reported

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Bulgaria 

Eighth day of power cut in 10 villages in Bulgaria’s Elhovo

December 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Ten villages in the Elhovo region entered their second week without electricity on December 8 after power lines froze. Bulgarian

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Europe 

Merkel: Russia meddling with countries’ EU aspirations

December 8, 2014 VOANews Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is bitterly accusing Russia of trying to meddle with the desires of eastern European countries to

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Bulgaria 

Floods in Bulgaria leave villages without drinking water, electricity

December 7, 2014December 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff floods

Parts of Bulgaria continued to struggle with the situation after flooding, while a “code red” warning remained in place on

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Europe 

Ukraine’s power plants working at minimum capacity because of coal shortage

December 7, 2014 The Kyiv Post energy, Ukraine

Ukraine is obviously short of coal, the country’s newly-appointed Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn told a December 5 news conference in Kyiv. There

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Europe 

Moldova’s pro-EU parties win parliamentary majority, opposition to challenge results

December 6, 2014December 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Moldova

Moldova’s three parties that campaigned on a promise of continued close ties with the European Union have won 55 of

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Bulgaria 

Floods in southern Bulgaria: ‘Code red’ warning in two areas

December 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

A state of emergency was declared in Gulubovo municipality on the afternoon of December 5 as heavy rain swelled rivers,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Patriotic Front and Reformist Bloc in deal to continue support for government

December 5, 2014December 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s nationalist Patriotic Front (PF) will not proceed with its threats to withdraw its support for Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s

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