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Day: June 19, 2015

Europe 

Hungary’s anti-immigrant fence widely condemned

June 19, 2015June 19, 2015 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post Hungary, Serbia

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Cécile Pouilly has joined voices condemning Hungary’s announced plan to build a fence

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Europe 

EU finance ministers look for a solution to Greek debt crisis

June 19, 2015June 19, 2015 VOANews euro zone, Greece

European Union finance ministers met in Luxembourg Friday ahead of an emergency summit on Greece Monday after failing to reach

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Perspectives 

One year on, CCB saga in Bulgaria far from over

June 19, 2015 Alex Bivol CCB affair

A year after the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) asked to be put under the central bank’s administration on June 20

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria high court overturns jail sentence for former interior minister Tsvetanov

June 19, 2015September 14, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) ruled on June 19 to overturn the four-year jail sentence handed to former interior

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs adopt mortgage default protection bill

June 19, 2015June 19, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament passed at second reading on June 19 a bill amending the Civil Procedure Code, meant to provide stronger

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Business 

Bulgaria has lowest alcohol, tobacco, restaurant and hotel consumer prices in EU – Eurostat

June 19, 2015June 23, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

Consumer price levels in Bulgaria are less than half the European Union average, and the country has the lowest prices

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Business 

Bulgarian newspaper titles, circulation decrease – statistics institute

June 19, 2015June 23, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Media

A total of 295 newspaper titles were published in Bulgaria in 2014, with a collective circulation of 315 712, both

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Europe 

Tsipras: Greece will stay in the euro zone

June 19, 2015 VOANews euro zone, Greece

The Greek prime minister has promised that “there will be a solution to the Greek debt crisis that will allow

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Bulgaria 

Road deaths in Bulgaria increased 9% in 2014, as EU slips in reducing traffic fatalities

June 19, 2015June 23, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 655 people died in motor accidents in Bulgaria in 2014, a figure nine per cent higher than

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