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Greek New Democracy party leader Antonis Samaras
Europe 

Greek MPs hold crunch presidential vote

December 29, 2014December 29, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras made one last attempt over the weekend to persuade MPs to vote for presidential candidate

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Europe 

Greek presidential vote goes to the wire; snap general election looms

December 24, 2014December 24, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The Greek parliament failed to elect a new president of the Republic on December 23 in a second round of voting

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Bulgaria 

Judge at centre of controversy recuses herself from bankruptcy trial

December 23, 2014January 1, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency judiciary

Roumyana Chenalova, the judge at the centre of a controversy about a bankruptcy hearing that has re-ignited debate about the

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Bulgaria 

Seven EU ambassadors sign joint letter calling for judicial reform

December 22, 2014December 23, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency judiciary

Seven ambassadors of European Union countries to Bulgaria have signed a joint letter calling for reforms in the judiciary and

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Europe 

Greek PM Samaras offers early general elections

December 22, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

In a televised address to the Greek people on December 21, prime minister Antonis Samaras revealed his proposal towards avoiding

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Europe 

Greece edges closer to snap election

December 19, 2014December 19, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The extension of Greece’s bailout program was approved Thursday by the German parliament, giving Athens two more months to settle

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian police in talks with Greece on finding missing former security agency chief Sertov

December 19, 2014December 19, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Senior Bulgarian law enforcement officials have held talks with Greek counterparts in an effort to find Petko Sertov, the former

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Europe 

Greek parliament fails to elect President in first round

December 18, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek presidential candidate Stavros Dimas lost the first round of a critical ballot in parliament. The government’s candidate got 160

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Business 

Bulgaria to send delegation to Moscow to discuss South Stream – reports

December 17, 2014December 22, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Russia, South Stream

Bulgaria’s Cabinet plans to send a government delegation to Moscow on December 19 to discuss the prospect of reviving the

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