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Liechtenstein confirms investigation of Corpbank’s Vassilev for suspected money laundering

October 1, 2014October 2, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Liechtenstein’s chief public prosecutor confirmed on October 1 2014 that an investigation into Tsvetan Vassilev, majority shareholder of Bulgaria’s Corporate

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Bulgarian elections 2014: Interior Ministry has ‘information’ on politicians involved in vote-buying

October 1, 2014October 2, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry has information about certain politicians involved in vote-buying ahead of the country’s early parliamentary elections on October

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian business and unions reject proposed Budget 2014 rewrite

October 1, 2014October 2, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian elections 2014

Bulgarian private sector associations and trade unions have called for a postponement of the Budget 2014 update proposed by the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian populist BWC party blocks Turkish border

October 1, 2014October 1, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian election 2014, Turkey

Populist party Bulgaria Without Censorship (BWC), led by former talk show host Nikolai Barekov, blocked the country’s three border checkpoints

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s energy regulator meeting makes no decision on electricity price increase

September 30, 2014September 30, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian elections 2014, energy

Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) said on September 30 2014, after meeting for more than four hours,

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Bulgaria 

Liechtenstein sends inquiry to Bulgaria about Corpbank’s Vassilev

September 30, 2014October 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Authorities in Liechtenstein have sent an inquiry to Bulgarian prosecutors about Corporate Commercial Bank majority shareholder Tsvetan Vassilev, currently in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria confirms supplying arms to Iraq as reaction to ‘Islamic State’ threat

September 30, 2014October 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s government confirmed on September 30 that it had agreed to supply emergency military assistance to Iraq in the form

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President: EU should have integrated approach to issues that cause refugee wave

September 30, 2014October 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Syrian refugees

The European Union should address the issues that are causing waves of refugees, the heads of state of nine EU

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: New wave of asylum-seekers has started, but country is prepared, refugee agency says

September 30, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Syrian refugees

A new wave of refugees entering Bulgaria has already started, but the country is prepared to cope, according to the

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