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Month: December 2014

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria proposes law to bar sexual offenders against children from holding some public offices, jobs

December 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s cabinet has approved proposed changes to the Penal Code that will enable courts to bar those convicted of sexual

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament fails to pass declaration on South Stream cancellation

December 3, 2014December 7, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, energy

Bulgaria’s lawmakers failed to adopt a declaration of support for the South Stream gas pipeline, with familiar dividing lines re-emerging

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria still lags behind EU average life expectancy

December 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Life expectancy in Bulgaria at birth in 2012 was 74.4 years, below the European Union average, according to the Health

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euro notes in a shopping trolley
Business 

Retail trade in Bulgaria in October 2014 was 3% up year-on-year – Eurostat

December 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, macroeconomic indicators

The volume of retail trade in Bulgaria in October 2014 was three per cent higher than in October 2013, according

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria improves slightly in Transparency International’s corruption perceptions index

December 3, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarians see a slight improvement against corruption in the public sector in the past year, going by Transparency International’s annual

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Europe 

World Bank forecasts zero per cent economic growth for Russia in 2015

December 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, World Bank

The World Bank has revised its growth projections for Russia from 0.5 per cent up to 0.7 per cent in

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Europe 

Russia predicts 2015 recession

December 3, 2014 VOANews Russia

Russia is predicting it will slide into a recession next year. Moscow’s economic development ministry said Tuesday it is forecasting

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Europe 

Ukraine’s parliament approves new cabinet with three foreigners

December 3, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Ukraine’s parliament approved the new Cabinet of Ministers at the December 2 evening session. For the first time in history,

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Business 

Bulgarian politicians divided on Putin’s South Stream announcement – reactions (updated)

December 2, 2014December 7, 2014 Alex Bivol South Stream

The first reactions from Bulgarian politicians on Russian president Vladimir Putin’s surprising announcement that Moscow would shelve the South Stream

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