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Day: February 1, 2016

Europe 

National power grids increasingly targeted in cyber attacks

February 1, 2016 Doug Bernard of VOANews energy, Ukraine

Ukraine’s electric power grid is once again under cyberattack, just one month after a similar incident successfully brought down portions

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Europe 

Disruptions expected due to general strike on February 4 in Greece

February 1, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Almost all unions in Greece are to participate in the general strike against the social security bill – and the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov to nominate Meglena Kouneva for education portfolio

February 1, 2016February 3, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov will nominate deputy PM Meglena Kouneva for the education portfolio on February 3, submitting the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria reaffirms support for Montenegro’s European prospects, signs deal on social security

February 1, 2016February 1, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Montenegro

Bulgaria reaffirms its support for the Euro-Atlantic integration of Montenegro, which is an important partner in the region of South

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President: People linked to communist party and secret services still try to dominate society

February 1, 2016February 5, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission, Rossen Plevneliev

A quarter of a century after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the same old people associated with the Communist

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Europe 

Greece, quadriga begin talks on first bailout review

February 1, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The top officials of Greece’s “quadriga” of creditors arrived in Athens over the weekend for talks with the Greek government

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Europe 

Polish senate passes law giving justice ministry control over prosecutor’s office

February 1, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Poland’s upper house Saturday adopted two bills, authored by the ruling party Law and Justice (PiS), which provides for merging

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