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Month: April 2015

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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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to step up efforts to solve looming tax dispute with Greece

April 7, 2015April 14, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Bulgaria will seek a diplomatic solution to the looming confrontation with Greece over Athens’ plans to introduce a tax on

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Bulgaria 

Second former central bank official indicted in CCB investigation

April 7, 2015April 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on April 7 that it pressed charges of malfeasance in office against former Bulgarian National Bank

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian doctors strike on World Health Day

April 7, 2015April 7, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Doctors across Bulgaria joined a protest against new hospital funding rules on April 7, the day that the World Health

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Bulgaria 

Kardam, son of Bulgaria’s last king, dies at 52

April 7, 2015April 7, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Kardam Saxe-Coburg, the eldest son of Bulgaria’s last king and former prime minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg, died on April 7 in

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