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Day: July 3, 2015

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Europe 

Greeks divided on Sunday’s bailout referendum

July 3, 2015 VOANews euro zone, Greece, IMF

A poll of Greeks likely to vote in Sunday’s referendum on a European bailout proposal indicated they are nearly evenly

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President on Greece: Crises are not resolved by just pouring out money

July 3, 2015July 6, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Crises are not resolved by just pouring out money, but by responsible actions by politicians who undertake reforms to ensure

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian court declares CCB bankrupt as of June 20 2014

July 3, 2015July 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Sofia Appellate Court ruled on July 3 to declare Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) insolvent as of the day that it asked

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Sport 

Dimitrov ousted by Gasquet at Wimbledon

July 3, 2015July 3, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov’s terrible year continued with a third-round exit at Wimbledon and a straight-sets loss against France’s Richard Gasquet (3-6,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria lowers bar for calling a referendum

July 3, 2015July 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on July 3 to lower by 100 000, to 400 000, the number of signatures required for

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Bulgaria 

Plevneliev in Sarajevo: European countries must be guided by rule of law

July 3, 2015July 3, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev

European countries are faced with a choice and have to take the right decision, whether to be guided in their

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Bulgaria 

30 naval vessels, 1700 military from Nato countries, join Bulgaria’s Breeze 2015 exercise in Black Sea

July 3, 2015July 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Varna

Thirty combat and support ships and about 1700 military personnel from Bulgaria, the United States, Turkey, Greece and Romania are

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Bulgaria 

Minority nationalist Patriotic Front decides to continue supporting government

July 3, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Following their ultimatum to the Bulgarian government in May and talks with coalition cabinet majority partner GERB, nationalist minority coalition

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria boosts police at Black Sea resorts ahead of peak summer season

July 3, 2015July 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff beaches, Bourgas, tourism, Varna

Bulgaria has seconded police from elsewhere in the country to Black Sea beach resorts including Sunny Beach and Golden Sands

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