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Day: July 17, 2015

Bulgaria 

Borissov: Bulgaria will not incur losses from supporting bailout for Greece

July 17, 2015July 21, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, euro zone, Greece

Bulgaria will participate in the rescue package for Greece and will not lose any of its own money from doing

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Business 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-May was 616.9M euro

July 17, 2015July 17, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first five months of the year stood at 616.9 million euro, the equivalent

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria welcomes July 15 agreement in Macedonia

July 17, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on July 17 that it welcomed the agreement achieved two days earlier among the

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Bulgaria 

Uber to appeal Bulgarian regulator’s fine in court

July 17, 2015July 21, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Car-sharing services firm Uber said on July 17 that it would appeal in court the fines imposed by the country’s

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Bulgaria 

More than 1800 doctors have quit Bulgaria in past four years – medical association

July 17, 2015July 21, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

More than 1800 doctors have left Bulgaria and found work abroad in the past four years, drawn by the high

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Europe 

Greek banks to open next week

July 17, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The European Central Bank opened the way for the opening of Greek banks next week with Wednesday’s raising of emergency liquidity

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Bulgaria 

SA embassy in Bulgaria donating books to mark July 18, Mandela Day

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

The South African embassy in Sofia will celebrate international Mandela Day on July 18 2015 by donating books to the

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Europe 

Turkey courts deal successive blows to AK Party

July 17, 2015 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Following the AK Party losing its majority in Turkey’s parliament in June elections, the country’s courts have dealt it a

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People 

Three couples marry on stage during opera performance in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

July 17, 2015July 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

It is unusual for a wedding to have 3000 witnesses but even more so for it to take place on

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