Year in Review: The EU and 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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Author: Alex Bivol
Turkish Stream evaporates into the ether – more economics than estrangement
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
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta resigned on November 4 following large protests against the authorities’ response in the aftermath of
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One year on, CCB saga in Bulgaria far from over
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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Bulgarian politicians divided on Putin’s South Stream announcement – reactions (updated)
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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Russia shelves South Stream gas pipeline plans, blames Bulgaria
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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Moldova elections on November 30 to test pro-EU course
Moldovan voters will head to polling stations on November 23 to elect a new parliament, a vote that is seen
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Romania constitutional court declares Iohannis president-elect
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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Bulgarian cabinet approves updated 2014 Budget revision bill
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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