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Year in Review: The EU and Greece

December 29, 2015January 5, 2016 Alex Bivol Greece

As clocks ticked away the last hours of 2014, the news that the parliament in Athens was dissolved on the

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Perspectives 

Turkish Stream evaporates into the ether – more economics than estrangement

December 3, 2015April 1, 2016 Alex Bivol energy, Russia, South Stream, Turkey

A year ago, nearly to the day, Russian President Vladimir Putin was announcing, during a visit to Ankara, that the

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Fatal fire response latest in long list of grievances against Romania’s Ponta

November 4, 2015May 10, 2024 Alex Bivol Romania

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta resigned on November 4 following large protests against the authorities’ response in the aftermath of

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Perspectives 

One year on, CCB saga in Bulgaria far from over

June 19, 2015 Alex Bivol CCB affair

A year after the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) asked to be put under the central bank’s administration on June 20

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Business 

Bulgarian politicians divided on Putin’s South Stream announcement – reactions (updated)

December 2, 2014December 7, 2014 Alex Bivol South Stream

The first reactions from Bulgarian politicians on Russian president Vladimir Putin’s surprising announcement that Moscow would shelve the South Stream

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Business 

Russia shelves South Stream gas pipeline plans, blames Bulgaria

December 1, 2014December 7, 2014 Alex Bivol South Stream

Russian president Vladimir Putin said on December 1 that state-owned gas monopoly Gazprom would shelve plans to build the South

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Europe 

Moldova elections on November 30 to test pro-EU course

November 27, 2014December 1, 2014 Alex Bivol Moldova

Moldovan voters will head to polling stations on November 23 to elect a new parliament, a vote that is seen

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Perspectives 

Romania constitutional court declares Iohannis president-elect

November 21, 2014May 10, 2024 Alex Bivol Romania

Romania’s constitutional court validated on November 21 the outcome of the presidential elections in the country, officially naming Sibiu mayor

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian cabinet approves updated 2014 Budget revision bill

November 11, 2014November 13, 2014 Alex Bivol

Bulgaria’s new Government held its first meeting on November 11 to discuss and approve an updated Budget revision bill, which

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