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Day: November 4, 2015

Perspectives 

Fatal fire response latest in long list of grievances against Romania’s Ponta

November 4, 2015May 10, 2024 Alex Bivol Romania

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta resigned on November 4 following large protests against the authorities’ response in the aftermath of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Audit Office check gives insight into lax bank supervision

November 4, 2015November 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s National Audit Office (NAO) has finalised a report detailing the extent of the bad practices in the Bulgarian National

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM slams police protests – but government backs down on pay cuts

November 4, 2015November 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The morning after large numbers of Bulgarian police mounted wildcat protests in Sofia and other cities over proposed cuts to

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Europe 

Romanian PM to resign over nightclub tragedy

November 4, 2015November 5, 2015 VOANews Romania

Romania’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta is resigning in response to protests demanding he step down after a nightclub fire resulted

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Bulgaria 

Parliamentary committee recommends agreeing to arrest of Siderov

November 4, 2015November 5, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Volen Siderov

A special committee of Bulgaria’s Parliament has recommended that the National Assembly agree to requests by the Prosecutor-General for the

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Europe 

Europe’s migrant crisis: Tusk calls special meeting of EU leaders on November 12

November 4, 2015November 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

European Council President Donald Tusk has called the latest in a series of special meetings of EU leaders on the

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Europe 

Thousands demand Romanian PM resign after deadly nightclub fire

November 4, 2015 VOANews Romania

Thousands marched through central Bucharest Tuesday demanding several senior officials resign after a nightclub fire killed 32 young concert goers

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