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Day: July 16, 2014

Bulgaria 

Oresharski: Bulgaria to support Georgieva nomination as next EU foreign policy chief

July 16, 2014July 18, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, European Commission, Plamen Oresharski, Sergei Stanishev

Plamen Oresharski, occupant of the prime minister’s chair in the Bulgarian Socialist Party cabinet, said on July 16 that Bulgaria

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast floods: Traffic jams, stranded people rescued

July 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

With a number of roads still closed after being inundated in heavy rains that struck parts of Bulgaria’s southern Black

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian opposition rejects proposed Budget revision as ‘inadequate’

July 16, 2014July 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s main opposition party GERB has said that it would not accept the proposed Budget revision, approved by the cabinet

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Bulgaria 

Floods at Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast: Police urge motorists not to travel to Sozopol, Primorsko and Tsarevo

July 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Police in Bourgas have urged motorists not to attempt to travel to the southern Black Sea towns of Sozopol, Primorsko

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs pass at first reading bill to criminalise undermining banks

July 16, 2014July 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament passed at first reading on July 16 an amendment to the Penal Code that made it a criminal

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Bulgaria 

Will Bulgaria bet against the house in the European Commission stakes?

July 16, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, European Commission, Kristian Vigenin

In the hours ahead of the July 16 meeting of European Union leaders to discuss top posts in the new

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Bulgaria 

Emergency declared in Bulgarian Black Sea resort Primorsko after heavy rains cause flooding

July 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

A state of emergency was declared in the Bulgarian Black Sea summer holiday resort town of Primorsko on July 16

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Leisure 

What’s On: Sofia Opera and Ballet to present full cycle of Ring of the Nibelung

July 16, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia Opera and Ballet is to present the complete cycle of the four epic operas that make up German composer

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Europe 

Airstrike in eastern Ukraine hits apartment building; 11 dead

July 16, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

An airstrike destroyed an apartment building in eastern Ukraine Tuesday, killing at least 11 people and triggering new accusations of

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