Romanian president nominates political rival as prime minister designate
Romanian president Traian Basescu nominated on December 17 Social-Democrat leader Victor Ponta as the country’s next prime minister. Before the
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Author: Alex Bivol
Romania’s election – hard figures and a hard future
Romania boasts the largest administrative building in the world, the Parliament Palace that is home to its bicameral parliament –
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Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court nominee withdraws as investigations loom
Bulgarian prosecutor Galya Gougousheva, nominated for the vacant seat on the country’s Constitutional Court, has formally withdrawn her candidacy on
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Russia launches construction of South Stream gas pipeline
Russian president Vladimir Putin gave the start to construction of South Stream gas pipeline on December 7, Moscow’s ambitious geopolitical
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Bulgarian Constitutional Court judge nominee faces money laundering allegation
Galya Gougousheva, the only nominee for the vacant seat on Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court, has been alleged to have been involved
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Former Bulgarian president Stoyanov nominated for Constitutional Court
Bulgaria’s centre-right Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) nominated on November 20 former president Petar Stoyanov to fill the Constitutional Court
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Bulgaria’s constitutional quandary shows no sign of resolution
A day after Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev cut short the swearing-in ceremony of four new Constitutional Court judges – “to
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Bulgaria signs South Stream, gas delivery contracts with Gazprom
Bulgaria secured lower delivery prices for Russian gas and gave a final approval for the South Stream gas pipeline on
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Bulgarian Constitutional Court ceremony thrown into disarray as President leaves mid-way – updated
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev handed legal experts a quandary on November 15, when he left the ceremony to swear in
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