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Month: May 2015

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian opposition, coalition minority parties reject EU migrant quota plan

May 31, 2015June 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Members of Bulgaria’s opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party and two of the political forces supporting the government – the centre-right Reformist

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Bulgaria 

World No-Tobacco Day: The Bulgarian smoker, in profile

May 31, 2015June 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff smoking

In Bulgaria, the average smoker is most likely to be a man, aged 25 to 39, smoking boxed cigarettes daily,

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Bulgaria 

World No-Tobacco Day: 1.6M leva in fines since start of smoking ban – Bulgarian Health Ministry

May 31, 2015June 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff smoking

A total of more than 1.62 million leva (about 828 000 euro) in fines has been issued since Bulgaria’s ban

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Bulgarian railways begins advance sales of summer 2015 train tickets to Varna and Bourgas

May 31, 2015June 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism, Varna

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is beginning advance sales of train tickets for the summer season to the Black Sea cities

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Europe 

Steinmeier: Russian travel ban damaging to Ukraine peace efforts

May 30, 2015May 30, 2015 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Germany’s foreign minister said Saturday that a Russian travel ban on 89 top European Union officials could damage peace efforts

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Bulgaria 

Former Bulgarian ambassador in Moscow among 89 EU citizens on ‘stop list’ barred from Russia

May 30, 2015June 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

A former ambassador of Bulgaria in Moscow, Ilian Vassilev, is among citizens of European Union countries who have been barred

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Leisure 

What’s On: One Design Week, in Plovdiv from June 19 to 28

May 30, 2015May 31, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff editors pick, Plovdiv

International festival of design and visual culture One Design Week returns to Plovdiv from June 19 to 28 2015. One

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Bulgaria 

Communism’s crimes and political violence must be remembered to prevent a repeat – Parliament Speaker

May 30, 2015June 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The crimes and political violence of Bulgaria’s former totalitarian regime must be remembered to prevent them being repeated, Parliament Speaker

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Europe World 

Turkey’s main opposition party hopes for election breakthrough

May 30, 2015 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has sought an image change ahead of the June 7 general election. The move

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