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Month: May 2015

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian cabinet moves on pension reform

May 20, 2015May 22, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s cabinet approved on May 20 changes to the Social Security Code, introducing short-term and long-term measures which the government

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Business 

Cabinet transfers properties for intermodal terminal in Plovdiv

May 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s cabinet approved on May 20 the transfer of 11 000 sq m of land to the National Railway Infrastructure

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MRF leader takes court action against fine for electioneering in Turkish mother tongue

May 20, 2015May 22, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Lyutvi Mestan

Lyutvi Mestan, leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, has lodged court action against the 2000 leva (about 1000

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Europe 

10 hour talks in Strasbourg between Macedonia’s VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM

May 20, 2015May 20, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Negotiations between the leaders of the two main Macedonian parties, VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM (Macedonian Social Democratic League) lasted for about 10

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Europe 

Tsipras faces Syriza revolt against prospective deal with creditors

May 20, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

A deal between Greece and its creditors over the current bailout programme is apparently closer to being agreed than ever

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s former caretaker interior minister appointed to head Military Intelligence

May 19, 2015May 21, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev told reporters on May 19 that he was appointing Yordan Bakalov, who was interior minister

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Bulgaria 

New British ambassador Hopkins presents credentials to Bulgarian President on May 19

May 19, 2015October 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Emma Hopkins, the UK ambassador to Bulgaria, presented her credentials to Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev on May 19 2015. A

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Bulgaria 

EU ministers approve Plovdiv as European Capital of Culture 2019

May 19, 2015May 19, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

In what was largely a formality, European Union culture ministers approved on May 19 the naming of Plovdiv as European

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Business 

New car sales in Bulgaria rise in 2015 – ACEA

May 19, 2015May 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

New car sales in Bulgaria were 8.2 per cent higher in January to April 2015 than in the first four

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