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Month: May 2015

Europe 

Macedonian president: Police prevented widespread terrorist attack

May 11, 2015May 11, 2015 VOANews Macedonia

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov said police prevented what he calls a “coordinated terror attack” after an armed group battled officers

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Business 

Bulgaria reports increase in consumer confidence

May 11, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Consumers in Bulgaria were less pessimistic in April 2015 than they had been in January, according to the results of

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Business 

Bulgarian exports increase, but trade balance still negative

May 11, 2015May 11, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Bulgarian exports to non-EU countries increased year-on-year in the first quarter of 2015, and also increased to EU countries in

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Europe 

Greece prepares for crucial Eurogroup meeting

May 11, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency euro zone, Greece

After a cabinet meeting which lasted more than seven hours on May 10, Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras reportedly expressed

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Europe 

Polish presidential exit poll signals May 24 runoff vote

May 10, 2015 VOANews Poland

A key exit poll shows Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski finishing second in Sunday’s presidential elections, behind conservative challenger Andrzej Duda.

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Europe 

Death toll rises in Macedonia clashes, EU ‘deeply concerned’

May 10, 2015 VOANews

European Union officials expressed “deep concern” after a day-long gun battle in northern Macedonia killed eight police officers and 14

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Bulgaria 

Borissov, Plevneliev speak out after Kumanovo clashes

May 10, 2015May 12, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov says his country’s services are reporting on the situation in Macedonia hourly and President Rossen

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Bulgaria Europe 

Bulgaria calls for thorough investigation into fatal clash between police and armed group in Macedonia’s Kumanovo

May 10, 2015May 12, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

The gun battle in the northern Macedonian town of Kumanovo that left five police dead, more than 30 injured and

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Europe 

Police injured in clashes with armed group in Macedonia

May 10, 2015May 10, 2015 VOANews Macedonia

Police clashed with an unidentified armed group Saturday in the town of Kumanovo in northern Macedonia, authorities said. Macedonian media

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