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Day: October 26, 2016

Europe 

Nato’s Vershbow on alliance troops in Eastern Europe: ‘We had no choice’

October 26, 2016October 26, 2016 Deutsche Welle Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Nato, Poland, Russia, Ukraine

Nato had hoped for cooperation with Russia, but Moscow changed the paradigm by annexing Crimea, the alliance’s Deputy Secretary General,

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Europe 

Nato to deploy battalions in Poland and the Baltics in early 2017

October 26, 2016October 26, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Nato, Poland

As of the beginning of 2017 year four groups of combat battalions will be stationed on a rotating basis in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM orders investigation into all privatisations of past 25 years

October 26, 2016October 28, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov told a Cabinet meeting on October 26 that he had asked the Interior Ministry and

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Bulgaria 

12 days before presidential election, Bulgarian Parliament amends electoral laws

October 26, 2016October 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016

With 12 days to go before Bulgaria’s November 6 presidential elections, the country’s Parliament approved on October 26 the second

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government gives pensioners ‘Christmas bonus’ of 40 leva

October 26, 2016October 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet agreed on October 26 to give pensioners receiving pensions of up to 300 leva a month a “Christmas

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet approves termination of First Investment Bank deposit

October 26, 2016October 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Government gave on October 26 its approval for the Finance Ministry to terminate a deposit contract with First Investment

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Business 

Bulgaria 39th out of 190 countries in World Bank’s Doing Business 2017 report

October 26, 2016October 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, World Bank

Bulgaria ranked 39th out of 190 countries in the World Bank’s Doing Business 2017 report, which assesses countries’ business regulations

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Bulgaria 

Russia’s Rosatom agrees to drop Belene daily penalties – Bulgarian minister

October 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Belene, energy

Bulgarian Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova said on October 26 that state-owned electric utility NEK has signed an agreement with Atomstroyexport,

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