Bulgarian PM names President’s chief of staff Zaharieva as new Justice Minister
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov on December 16 nominated President Rossen Plevneliev’s chief of staff and twice-former caretaker cabinet minister
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Month: December 2015
Bulgarian bill envisions graphic warnings on tobacco packaging starting 2017
Bulgaria’s Cabinet said on December 16 that it has finalised a bill of amendments to the country’s tobacco legislation, which
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Pavlopoulos to Plevneliev: Greece will support Bulgaria’s joining euro
Greek president Prokopis Pavlopoulos has reiterated Greece’s firm support for Bulgaria’s membership of the Schengen area and also issued an
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Greece bailout reforms advance in parliament
Lawmakers in Greece have approved new legislation on banking and utility reforms demanded by European lenders in exchange for another
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Ukraine may buy some 8 bcm of natural gas p.a. from Poland
Ukraine could be buying some 8 billion cubic meters of natural gas per annum from Poland once a natural gas
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Video of lawmaker manhandling Yatsenyuk more popular than Ukraine’s slick tourism promotion
Ukraine’s Economy Ministry recently unveiled a stylish new video to promote Ukraine as a tourism destination. They were happy that
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Hungarian Parliament’s Speaker: Slovakia should not be in the EU
Slovakia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry summoned Hungarian Ambassador to Slovakia Eva Czimbalmosné Molnár to explain the recent statements made by Hungarian Parliamentary
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Romania bans indoor smoking
Romania has just ceased being a paradise for smokers. The permissive legislation that allowed smoking in many public spaces was
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Reformist Bloc remains part of Bulgarian government, Kanev’s DSB in opposition
A December 15 summit of leaders of the parties making up the centre-right Reformist Bloc decided that the bloc will
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