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Month: June 2015

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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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria caught 336 motorists driving drunk in just one week

June 19, 2015June 23, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

Bulgarian traffic police caught 336 motorists drink-driving in just a week, as the country took part in an EU-wide operation

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Bulgaria 

Signing of investment agreement on Greece-Bulgaria gas interconnector ‘will happen’, Greek FM says

June 19, 2015June 19, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Greek foreign minister Nikos Kotzias has given his personal undertaking that the signing of the final investment agreement on the

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World 

156 arrests in worldwide operation against fake medicines via illicit online pharmacies

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

A total of 115 countries have taken part in a global operation targeting the criminal networks behind the sale of

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Leisure 

Film review: Big Game

June 18, 2015June 18, 2015 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

In Finnish director Jalmari Helander’s Big Game, Samuel L. Jackson stars as the Most Powerful Man in the World, but

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria fines Lukoil 100 000 leva for petrol spill

June 18, 2015June 23, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Environment Ministry said on June 18 that it was fining oil company Lukoil 100 000 leva, or about 51

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian socialists secure support for Constitutional Court challenge on Cabinet’s 8B euro debt plan

June 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s opposition socialists plan to file a formal challenge against the Cabinet’s three-year eight-billion euro borrowing plan at the Constitutional

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Bulgaria 

Borissov most liked politician, but approval of his government slips slightly – poll

June 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov remains the country’s most-liked politician, with a 33 per cent approval rating, but approval of

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