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Romania’s Liberals to leave ruling coalition, government

February 25, 2014February 28, 2014 Alex Bivol Romania

Romania’s National-Liberals decided to scrap their coalition agreement with the Social-Democrats and leave the government on February 25. The party’s

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Europe 

Romania’s ruling coalition teetering on the edge

February 25, 2014February 25, 2014 Alex Bivol Romania

Romania’s government was on the verge of collapsing on February 25, with the recent spat over the cabinet’s line-up exposing

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People Perspectives 

Borissov and Tsvetanov – tandem on the rocks?

February 14, 2014February 16, 2014 Alex Bivol Boiko Borissov, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

On the eve of Bulgaria’s former ruling party GERB’s national congress, one that is expected to usher in some change

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a pile of silver coins tilting to the left
Business 

Bulgaria’s economy in 2013: Treading water

January 6, 2014May 10, 2024 Alex Bivol energy, macroeconomic indicators

In a year that saw three governments in office in Sofia, Bulgaria’s economy did as well as could have been

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Business 

Bulgaria set to cut renewable energy feed-in tariff

December 2, 2013February 11, 2014 Alex Bivol energy

Bulgaria is set to reduce the feed-in tariff paid to solar and wind power producers by 20 per cent after

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Europe 

EU officials ‘disappointed’ with Ukraine’s decision to freeze EU push

November 22, 2013February 11, 2014 Alex Bivol Moldova, Ukraine

Ukraine’s decision to freeze all efforts towards signing the association agreement with the European Union at next week’s Eastern Partnership

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Business 

Gazprom launches work on South Stream in Bulgaria – from afar

October 31, 2013February 11, 2014 Alex Bivol energy, Plamen Oresharski, South Stream

Gazprom chief executive Alexey Miller and Bulgarian Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski launched the construction on the South Stream gas pipeline

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Bulgaria Sport 

Bulgaria’s sentenced Olympian expelled from Brazil

October 24, 2013February 11, 2014 Alex Bivol

Bulgaria’s Olympic weightlifting champion Gulubin Boevski, sentenced to nine years and four months imprisonment in Brazil last year on charges

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Perspectives 

Hassan Ademov emerges as Bulgaria’s ‘most promising’ minister

October 3, 2013May 10, 2024 Alex Bivol

Quite early into his term as prime minister, Boiko Borissov had banned his ministers from making promises, telling them instead

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