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Month: May 2015

Bulgaria 

EC approves Bulgaria’s 2.9B euro rural development programme

May 26, 2015May 27, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission on May 26 formally adopted Bulgaria’s Rural Development Programme which outlines the country’s priorities for using 2.9

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Bulgaria 

Planned talks between Bulgarians and Roma in Garmen fail to take place

May 26, 2015May 27, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Planned talks between rival camps of Bulgarians and Roma in the municipality of Garmen, scene of ethnic clashes a few

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Bulgaria 

Fired head of food safety agency to sue fast food chain owner for defamation

May 26, 2015May 27, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Plamen Mollov, dismissed as head of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency on May 22 in connection with alleged corruption at

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Sport 

Dimitrov out to avoid another French Open upset

May 26, 2015May 26, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov opens his French Open campaign on May 26 against American Jack Sock in the final match of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: ‘Explicit and visible’ commitment by EU needed for territorial integrity of Macedonia

May 26, 2015May 27, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, Macedonia

An explicit and visible commitment by the European Union is needed to ensure the preservation of the territorial integrity of

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Europe 

Greece fires default warning but rules out capital controls

May 26, 2015May 26, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

According to Greek government officials, progress was noted in technical talks at Brussels Group level over the weekend ahead of

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Leisure 

What’s On: Silver from the Louvre – the Boscoreale Treasure

May 26, 2015May 26, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhibition of one of the largest collections of Roman silver treasures, entitled “Silver from the Louvre. Boscoreale Treasure” is

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Perspectives 

President Duda: What happened in Poland?

May 25, 2015May 25, 2015 Piotr Buras of the European Council on Foreign Relations Poland

Andrzej Duda’s success in Poland’s presidential election is a political earthquake. Not only did Duda, an inexperienced, second-rank politician from

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria, Croatia back territorial integrity of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina

May 25, 2015May 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia

Bulgaria and Croatia will defend the territorial integrity of all the countries in the region, including Macedonia and Bosnia and

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