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Top court clears Romanian president of incompatibility charges

January 22, 2015January 22, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romania’s High Court of Justice has rejected an appeal submitted by the National Integrity Agency (ANI), an independent body tasked

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Europe 

Swiss franc’s sudden appreciation puts Romanian lawmakers on alert

January 21, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

The budget-finance committee of the Romanian parliament’s lower house will on January 21 discuss measures to diminish the impact of the

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Perspectives 

2014 in CEE: From Sochi to MH17 to South Stream

December 30, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Albania, archaeology, Czech Republic, European Parliament, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, South Stream, Turkey, Ukraine

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USS Donald Cook to enter Black Sea

December 26, 2014January 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Romania, Russia, Ukraine

Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Donald Cook was to enter the Black Sea on December 26 2014 “to

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Bulgaria, Greece, Romania to link up gas grids in ‘vertical corridor’

December 10, 2014December 10, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece, Romania, South Stream

The European Union will continue to focus on building up gas grid connections between member states in the wake of

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Business 

‘Increasingly difficult for Bulgarian companies to get into Romanian market’ – report

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

It is increasingly difficult for Bulgarian companies to get into the Romanian market, while it remains one of the most

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Europe 

Romania’s ruling party cleans ranks after electoral loss

November 28, 2014November 28, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romania’s ruling social-democrat party PSD expelled on November 27 several high ranking members who had voiced discontent over the presidential

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Bulgaria 

New European Commission to continue monitoring Bulgaria and Romania on judicial reform, fighting corruption

November 24, 2014November 24, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency European Commission, Romania

The new European Commission that took office at the beginning of October 2014 intends keeping in place its mechanism of

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Bulgaria 

5.6 Richter scale earthquake in Romania’s Vrancea felt in northern Bulgaria

November 23, 2014November 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

An earthquake of 5.6 on the Richter scale epicentred in Vrancea in south-eastern Romania at 9.15pm on November 22 was

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