Bulgaria loses ground in World Bank’s Doing Business report
Bulgaria fell two spots in the World Bank’s annual Doing Business report, ranking 66th out of 195 countries surveyed, losing
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Bulgarians exploiting Greek system to get higher pensions – report
Thousands of Bulgarians have applied to receive retirement benefits in Greece, paying local residents to acquire address registration and bribing
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Votes for sale: Some look to cash in on Sunday’s Ukrainian election
Election Day is on Sunday, but it feels more like Christmas in some of Ukraine’s districts. Yury Kruk, a Party
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Kosovo police, nationalists clash in Pristina, more than 20 hurt
Kosovo police have used tear gas and pepper spray to break up a protest in the capital, Pristina, by stone-throwing
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Romania set to lose 7B euro in EU funding – report
Romania was set to lose seven billion euro in European Union funding allocated for the current budget period under operational
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Euro zone leaders praise Greek austerity efforts
Eurozone leaders are praising the efforts of debt-ridden Greece to resolve its financial woes and resume its cost-cutting austerity. Some
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Euro crisis fuels pro-independence movements
Pro-independence parties have won a series of elections across Europe in recent days, many of them campaigning on anti-austerity platforms.
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Plans aplenty, but little certainty for nuclear power in Eastern Europe
The proposed nuclear power plant at Belene has dominated public discourse in Bulgaria in recent weeks and with good reason,
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German police bust Bulgarian gang trafficking women for prostitution
Police in Bremen and Lower Saxony Stuhr arrested six people alleged to be members of a Bulgarian gang bringing women
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