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Day: January 8, 2016

Perspectives 

Opinion: On the EU, the UK referendum, and reform – part II

January 8, 2016January 8, 2016 Jonathan Mills

It is likely that this year the UK will hold a referendum on its continuing membership of the EU. Part

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Business 

Bulgarian competition watchdog approves sale of telecom carrier Vivacom

January 8, 2016January 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has approved the sale of Bulgarian telecom firm Vivacom, one of the country’s

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Europe 

Greek bailout review set to drag on for months

January 8, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, IMF

Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem dealt a blow to the hopes of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of excluding the International

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister holds talks with Skopje’s outgoing ambassador

January 8, 2016January 12, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov held talks on January 7 2016 with Blagoj Handjiski, who is leaving his post as

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Bulgaria 

Businessman said to be linked to VIS-2 group shot dead in Sofia

January 8, 2016January 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Vesselin “Fat Vesko” Stoimenov (53), an owner of several companies and said to be linked to the former controversial VIS-2

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Europe 

Romanians, Moldovans arrested in ATM malware attack bust

January 8, 2016January 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Moldova, Romania

The Romanian National Police and the Directorate for Investigating Organised Crimes and Terrorism (DIICOT), assisted by Europol and Eurojust as

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Europe 

Russia suspected in first-ever cyberattack on Ukraine’s power grid

January 8, 2016January 8, 2016 Doug Bernard of VOANews energy, Russia, Ukraine

In the last months of 2015, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine over Crimea’s annexation and continuing strife in Ukraine’s

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Perspectives 

Opinion: On the EU, the UK referendum, and reform – part I

January 8, 2016January 12, 2016 Jonathan Mills

It is likely that this year the UK will hold a referendum on its continuing membership of the EU. Part

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Europe 

Poland adopts controversial media-control law

January 8, 2016 VOANews Poland

Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed a controversial new law giving the country’s conservative government direct control of state media,

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