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Month: October 2016

Europe 

Weapons found hidden near Serbian prime minister’s home

October 30, 2016 VOANews Serbia

Serbian police evacuated Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and his family to a “safe location” Saturday after discovering a large weapons

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov: President Plevneliev will not be candidate to replace Georgieva as European Commissioner

October 29, 2016November 1, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016, Kristalina Georgieva, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on October 29 that incumbent head of state President Rossen Plevneliev will not be

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Europe 

EU allows Gazprom more access to Opal gas pipeline through Germany

October 29, 2016 Deutsche Welle energy

The EU has lifted a cap on the Russian gas company’s access to the Opal pipeline in Germany. The agreement

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Kristalina Georgieva quits European Commission to become World Bank CEO

October 28, 2016November 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Kristalina Georgieva, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria’s Kristalina Georgieva has resigned from the European Commission and will become World Bank chief executive from January 2 2017,

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Bulgaria 

Total finds oil on Bulgaria’s Black Sea shelf

October 28, 2016November 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff energy

French oil and gas company Total said in its third-quarter earnings report on October 28 that it found oil on

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Bulgaria 

Political row in Bulgaria over European Parliament migration resolution

October 28, 2016November 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016, Europe migrant crisis, European Parliament

Bulgaria’s largest parliamentary party GERB and the nationalist Patriotic Front coalition have launched verbal attacks on the opposition Bulgarian Socialist

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Business 

Poll: Bulgarian business climate drops in October 2016

October 28, 2016October 31, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

A regular poll by Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) found a more negative view of the Bulgarian business climate in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria, Europe’s ‘most corrupt country,’ cracks down – again

October 27, 2016October 27, 2016 Deutsche Welle

Despite having been part of the European Union for nearly a decade, tackling high-level corruption remains one of Bulgaria’s “biggest

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Bulgaria 

Clocks in Bulgaria change to winter time on October 30 2016

October 27, 2016October 30, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Clocks in Bulgaria change to winter time at 4am on October 30 2016, going back an hour to 3am. This

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