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Day: April 8, 2015

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors indict three auditors in CCB investigation

April 8, 2015April 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on April 8 that it pressed charges of mismanagement against three auditors as part of the

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Business 

Bulgaria agrees lower electricity price with US-owned power plants

April 8, 2015April 14, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s state-owned power utility NEK signed an agreement on April 8 to buy cheaper electricity from two thermal power plants

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria bans munitions imports and transportation

April 8, 2015April 8, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet decided on April 8 to ban the import and transportation of munitions from other EU member states for

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Business 

EC ‘analysing’ Bulgarian complaint on new Greek tax – spokesperson

April 8, 2015April 8, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency European Commission, Greece

The European Commission has received Bulgaria’s formal complaint against Greece’s plans to introduce a new tax on transactions with firms

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian socialists slam Cabinet over Russian pipeline plans

April 8, 2015April 8, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, South Stream

Bulgaria’s two left-wing parliamentary parties criticised the Cabinet on April 8 over the absence of any Bulgarian officials at a

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terminal 2 of Sofia Airport in Bulgaria
Bulgaria 

Sofia airport traffic congested by boulevard collapse

April 8, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Traffic to and from Sofia’s international airport was disrupted on April 8 by the partial collapse on Brussels Boulevard, the

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Europe 

Germany dismisses Greek war reparations claims

April 8, 2015April 8, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency euro zone, Greece

German vice chancellor and economy minister Gabriel Sigmar has dismissed the Greek claims for war reparations, stating that the new

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Europe 

New Smolensk stenos reportedly suggest pilots were pressured to land

April 8, 2015April 8, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland

A fresh transcript of the leaked recordings from the cockpit of the Polish presidential aircraft that went down in April

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