15 Jun
Bulgaria backs battered Brussels with metro stop
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SOFIA (Reuters) - The European Union’s reputation may be taking a battering from the debt crisis, but Brussels can at least be grateful for a vote of confidence from its newest and poorest member, Bulgaria. Sofia’s city council voted to rename one of the stops on a new metro line through the capital “European Union” in a gesture of thanks for helping with financing the project. The EU is paying more than 80 percent of the 1 billion levs ($644 million) costs for the second line of the Sofia underground, said Malina Edreva, who heads the ruling GERB party’s group on the city council. … Original post by Reuters and software by Elliott Back Not What You Needed? Check Out These Related Sites... |
