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Month: June 2015

Europe 

World Bank: EU’s recovery is strengthening, but slowly and with significant risks

June 11, 2015June 14, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

Economic growth is expected to continue to pick up across the European Union (EU), from zero in 2013 and 1.3

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Europe 

On the chessboard of the powerful, is Serbia a pawn?

June 11, 2015 Deutsche Welle energy, Russia, Serbia, South Stream

There are not many top politicians today who still know the names of the entire Russian ice hockey team that

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Europe 

Polish prosecutors launch probe into leak of taping affair investigation files

June 10, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Warsaw’s district prosecutor’s office has launched a probe into the circumstances of the publication of classified investigation files related to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs approve rules for central bank governor election

June 10, 2015June 12, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament approved on June 10 the rules for the process to appoint a new governor of the Bulgarian National

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Bulgaria 

Defence Minister orders inquiry after reports Anevo site was testing weapons for Syrian opposition

June 10, 2015June 12, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev has ordered a full inquiry following a media report that US citizens involved in a

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Bulgaria 

Hundreds of invigilators leaked information about school-leaving Bulgarian exams – Education Minister

June 10, 2015June 10, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Several hundred invigilators leaked information about Bulgarian language and literature school-leaving exams, Education Minister Todor Tanev said on June 10.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian socialist MP narrowly escapes expulsion over bill allowing electioneering in mother tongue

June 10, 2015June 12, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Socialist Party MP Georgi Kadiev narrowly escaped being expelled from the party’s parliamentary group, by just two votes, after

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian citizenship granted to close to 3000 people since beginning of 2015

June 10, 2015June 12, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

A total of 2953 people were given Bulgarian citizenship between January 1 and May 31 2015, according to Ministry of

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Bulgaria 

Sofia begins repairs at Ruski Pametnik junction, issues congestion warning

June 10, 2015June 10, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Sofia city hall has warned about heavy traffic congestion caused by repairs at one of the key junctions in the

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