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Bulgaria remains fully committed to South Stream – minister

April 23, 2014April 23, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, South Stream

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin has re-iterated Sofia’s commitment to the South Stream gas pipeline, saying that Bulgaria will do

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Europe 

Kusturica reveals monument to Gavrilo Princip

April 23, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

Famous Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica has unveiled a monument to Gavrilo Princip, the revolutionary that assassinated Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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Europe 

Tensions and incidents in final days of Macedonia’s elections campaigns

April 23, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The electoral campaigns for the early parliamentary elections and for the second round of the presidential elections in Macedonia has

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Europe 

Italian energy giant submits applications for oil and gas exploration in Greece

April 23, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Italian energy group Enel has submitted three applications to search for oil in three different areas of Greece. The Greek

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Bulgaria 

Drought in Turkey may prompt electricity imports from Bulgaria, Georgia and Iran

April 22, 2014April 23, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Turkey

Drought that has left water levels in reservoirs running seriously low, especially in eastern and south-eastern Anatolia, may prompt Turkey

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Europe 

Romania increases gas production amid the Ukrainian crisis

April 17, 2014April 17, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania, Russia, Ukraine

The Romanian government has asked the two largest local gas producers – Petrom and Romgaz – to avoid maintenance work

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Europe 

Macedonian opposition LDSM will not boycott presidential elections

April 16, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The largest Macedonian opposition party LSDM (Macedonian Social Democratic League) declared on April 16 that it is against the boycott

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Bulgaria 

Living conditions for asylum-seekers in Bulgaria improve but gaps remain – UN refugee agency

April 16, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Syrian refugees

The United Nations office of the High Commission for Refugees has acknowledged the “significant efforts” made recently by the Bulgarian

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Business 

Fairfax-led group gets go-ahead to invest 1.3 billion euro in Eurobank

April 16, 2014April 16, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greece’s banking system was handed a vote of confidence on April 15 as Eurobank was given the go-ahead for a

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