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Day: June 4, 2015

Europe World 

Turkish president attacks pro-Kurdish Party as election nears

June 4, 2015 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Turkey’s general election set for Sunday is predicted to be one of closest in more than a decade for the

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Leisure 

Film review: San Andreas

June 4, 2015June 4, 2015 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Disaster movies are all more or less the same. In the quest to provide their audiences with the most visceral

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria fires motor vehicle inspector filmed bullying Turkish lorry driver for a bribe

June 4, 2015June 7, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

Footage filmed by a Turkish lorry driver of how he was forced by a Bulgarian Motor Vehicle Administration roadside inspector

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Bulgaria 

Battle lines drawn in Bulgaria over plan for October referendum on voting system

June 4, 2015June 6, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Political battle lines are being drawn over the plan for Bulgarians to vote in a national referendum on the electoral

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Bulgaria 

Bill lifting banking secrecy rules filed in Bulgarian Parliament

June 4, 2015June 6, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

The ad hoc committee tasked with investigating the circumstances that led to the bankruptcy of Bulgaria’s fourth-largest lender has filed

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Bulgaria 

Metro construction causes sinkhole in a Sofia boulevard

June 4, 2015June 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Part of a pavement and roadway in Sofia’s Cherni Vruh Boulevard collapsed on June 4, creating a large hole, apparently

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Business 

FDI in Bulgaria exceeding remittances – Economy Minister

June 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Investments in Bulgaria are exceeding remittances sent by Bulgarians abroad, Economy Minister Bozhidar Lukarski said on June 4. Speaking in

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Business 

Bulgaria and Serbia agree to accelerate work on gas interconnector plan

June 4, 2015June 4, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Serbia

Bulgaria and Serbia have undertaken to work faster on building gas interconnectors, Bulgaria’s Economy Ministry said at the close of

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Europe 

Tsipras meets Juncker for crunch talks in Brussels

June 4, 2015June 4, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras agreed in a telephone call with German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Francois Hollande

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