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Romanian PM hints at running for presidency

July 1, 2014July 1, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romanian social-democrat prime minister Victor Ponta has said he is ready to make a run at the presidency if he

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian-Turkish border fence to be completed ‘within days’ – minister

June 30, 2014June 30, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Syrian refugees, Turkey

Bulgaria is set to complete the controversial project to build a fence on the Bulgarian-Turkish border “within days”, the country’s

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Business 

Bulgarian security agency, Interior Ministry, investigating e-mail campaign against two banks

June 27, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security and the Interior Ministry are investigating a campaign against two banks, after text messages

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Bulgaria 

Contest continues over who will be Bulgaria’s next European Commissioner

June 26, 2014June 27, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Sergei Stanishev

In parallel with the saga of deciding a date for Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections is that of “formulating clear principles

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Europe 

Greece to invite oil companies to conduct offshore test drillings

June 26, 2014June 26, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Greece is to invite major oil companies early July to conduct offshore test drillings in the areas of the Ionian

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Bulgaria 

A month after European elections, scant signs Bulgaria is emerging from political quagmire

June 25, 2014June 26, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, European elections 2014, Peevski protests, Sergei Stanishev

June 25 is a month to the day since the turning point of Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections, which saw the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s annual wheat crop to drop up to 25% because of floods – agriculture minister

June 24, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Varna floods

About 35 700 hectares of farmland in Bulgaria have been affected by the floods that hit parts of the country

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Europe 

EU calls on Turkey to end Cyprus sea and air ban

June 24, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus, Turkey

The European Union, in the framework of the EU-Turkey Association Council that took place Monday in Luxemburg, has called on

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Europe 

Serbia still has no official estimate of flood damage

June 23, 2014June 23, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

More than one month after the severe floods that hit Serbia, the country still does not have an official damage

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