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Day: July 15, 2015

Europe 

Street protests erupt as Greek lawmakers debate austerity plan

July 15, 2015 VOANews euro zone, Greece

Greek anti-austerity demonstrators threw Molotov cocktails at police in front of the country’s parliament building Wednesday, just as lawmakers began

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet submits tax treaty with Romania for ratification

July 15, 2015July 15, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Bulgaria’s Cabinet said on July 15 that it has submitted the memorandum updating the treaty on double taxation and tax

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet to table amendments on classified data access

July 15, 2015July 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet said on July 15 that it would table amendments to the Classified Information Protection Act that would allow

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria reshuffles budget to boost tourism promotion by 2M leva

July 15, 2015July 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s cabinet has reshuffled the 2015 budget of the Ministry of Tourism to provide an additional two million leva (about

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Bulgaria 

Earthquake of 4 on Richter scale near Bulgaria’s Kavarna on Black Sea

July 15, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

An earthquake of four on the Richter scale was registered on July 15 39km east of Bulgaria’s Black Sea city

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Justice Minister: ‘No diametric differences’ with Prosecutor-General

July 15, 2015July 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s Minister of Justice Hristo Ivanov says that there are no “diametric differences” between him and Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov, adding

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria busts ‘Middle East Cyber Army’ hacker

July 15, 2015July 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

A Syrian national living in Bulgaria has been detained in an operation by police and prosecutors against hacker group “Middle

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Europe 

Greek state receives three bids for hydrocarbons in the Ionian Sea and Cretan Sea

July 15, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Three bids were submitted for the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in the Ionian Sea and the southern Cretan Sea,

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Europe 

Greek PM faces new battle to secure bailout approval

July 15, 2015 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Greece

Greece’s government on Tuesday submitted tough new bailout legislation to parliament, with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras pressing lawmakers to support

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