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Thu 07 Jul 2008Bulgaria likely to lose €.5m in funding because of corruption
BULGARIA:FEARS ARE growing in Bulgaria that the European Union will withhold funding next week to punish it for its failure to tackle organised crime and corruption.
The European Commission is expected to deliver unflattering reports on Romania and Bulgaria's efforts to fight graft and criminality, but only the latter is likely to lose EU aid.
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