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Bulgaria’s MPs being herded from holidays overseas and at Black Sea for special sitting on budget veto

August 13, 2013August 13, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency

Members of Bulgaria’s Parliament are being summoned to return from holidays as far afield as Thailand, while others will travel

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Europe 

Romania’s Basescu lashes out at Budapest: Hungary has become a regional hotbed of instability

August 13, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romanian President Traian Basescu delivered a virulent speech on August 12 against recent controversial statements by a series of Hungarian

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Europe 

Greece looks to capitalise on Obama support

August 12, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Boosted by the support expressed by US President Barack Obama to Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras last week, the country’s

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Perspectives 

Bulgarian Socialist Party government continues campaign to demonise President Plevneliev

August 9, 2013May 10, 2024 Independent Balkan News Agency Peevski protests, Rossen Plevneliev

The veto by Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev of crucial parts of the Budget 2013 amendments approved by Bulgarian Socialist Party

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Europe 

Cypriot-Israeli gas synergy ‘mutually beneficial’

August 9, 2013August 9, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus, energy

The official invitation by President Anastasiades to the Israeli government to use the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility that will

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Europe 

Battling it out for the Bank of Cyprus control

August 9, 2013August 8, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus

The equilibrium of power in the new Bank of Cyprus is still a mystery, as the decisions on the future

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian anti-government ‘protest network’ set up, provocateurs attempt disruption

August 8, 2013August 9, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Peevski protests

A “Protest Network” has been set up by a group of people involved in the anti-government protests in Bulgaria, with

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Europe 

Greek finance ministry steps up crackdown on tax cheats

August 8, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

A Greek government legislative act will allow relevant authorities to proceed with confiscations against tax-evading businesses on weekends, during any

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Bulgaria 

All eyes on whether Bulgarian President will put a spoke in the wheels of socialist billion-leva budget tinkering

August 6, 2013August 22, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev

By August 7, it should become clear whether Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has decided to exercise his limited right of

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