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Month: November 2018

Bulgaria 

EC assessment of Belene nuclear power plant would not delay project – Bulgaria Energy Minister

November 23, 2018November 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Belene, energy, nuclear

Bulgaria’s Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova said on November 23 that regulatory approval from the European Commission for the restart of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s anti-corruption body to investigate allegations against Finance Minister

November 23, 2018November 26, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov said on November 23 that he ordered the country’s anti-corruption body to investigate allegations, made in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Plovdiv expected to see 10% rise in tourists as European Capital of Culture 2019 – minister

November 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, tourism

Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova has estimated that the number of tourists that will visit the country’s second city of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government signs co-operation memorandum with World Jewish Congress, ‘Shalom’

November 23, 2018November 26, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgaria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev, who is the country’s National Co-ordinator for Combating Antisemitism, has signed on behalf of

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Europe News 

Can Poland end its toxic relationship with coal?

November 23, 2018November 23, 2018 Deutsche Welle Poland

Poland’s love affair with coal goes way back. For decades coal was the favorite for energy: mined locally, and cheap.

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Europe 

Macedonia’s former PM Gruevski faces new criminal charges

November 23, 2018November 26, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The Republic of Macedonia’s former PM, Nikola Gruevski, who has fled to Hungary, is now facing two new charges. According

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria says it was ‘not informed’ of Turkish Stream land route plans

November 22, 2018November 25, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Energy Energy Ministry said on November 22 that it has not been officially notified of any plans by Russia’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament overturns presidential veto on Corporate Tax Act amendments

November 22, 2018November 25, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian MPs voted on November 22 to overturn President Roumen Radev’s veto on the bill of amendments to the Corporate

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Bulgaria 

EC opens infringement proceedings against Bulgaria over security union

November 22, 2018November 25, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on November 22 that it opened infringement proceedings against 16 member states, Bulgaria among them, for

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