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Month: February 2015

Bulgaria 

Children, students and unemployed among Bulgarian accounts at HSBC – ICIJ’s Ryle

February 11, 2015February 12, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Children, students and unemployed people are among the total 74 accounts whose holders had Bulgarian addresses at the Swiss branch

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Europe 

Greek government wins confidence vote; PM vows to end bailout deal

February 11, 2015February 11, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras won a vote of confidence in parliament late Tuesday night with the backing of 162

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Europe 

75% of Greeks support government’s stance against creditors

February 11, 2015February 11, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Seventy-five per cent of the Greek people support the stance of the Greek government in the negotiation with European partners, according

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Bulgaria 

Russia calls on Bulgaria to ban ‘Lukov March’ honouring 1930s pro-Nazi general

February 11, 2015February 12, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The Russian foreign ministry has sent a protest note to the Bulgarian foreign ministry calling on the country to ban

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Business 

Four banks to manage Bulgaria’s 8 BN euro bond issues over next three years

February 11, 2015February 12, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s cabinet has chosen four international banks as agents for a mid-term bond programme on international markets over the next

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Bulgaria 

Damaged water main makes water in Varna unfit for drinking, cooking

February 11, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

Water in Bulgaria’s Black Sea region of Varna is unfit for drinking and cooking after a landslide damaged a water

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria speeds issuing of visas to ethnic Bulgarians in Ukraine conflict zones

February 10, 2015February 12, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has instructed the embassy in Kyiv and the consulate general in Odessa to facilitate the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian minority parties seek to pressure government over Ukraine

February 10, 2015February 11, 2015 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Opposition and minority parties in Bulgaria are seeking to pressure the country’s centre-right coalition cabinet over Ukraine, highlighting the plight

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Bulgaria 

Nine Bulgarians running huge illegal cigarette factory near Budapest held in international operation

February 10, 2015February 10, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Hungary

Nine Bulgarians allegedly running a large-scale illegal cigarette factory near Hungary’s capital Budapest were arrested in a police operation that

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