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Day: July 28, 2015

Europe 

NATO chief backs Turkey’s ‘anti-terror’ campaign in Syria, Iraq

July 28, 2015 VOANews Nato, Turkey

NATO held an unusual emergency meeting Tuesday to support Turkey, whose President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his forces are pressing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs approve curtailed referendum on electoral rules

July 28, 2015September 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015

Bulgaria’s Parliament approved on July 28 a proposal to hold a national plebiscite on electoral rules, proposed by President Rossen

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Bulgaria 

‘Code orange’ hazardous weather warning for Bulgaria

July 28, 2015July 28, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

A code “orange” weather warning has been issued for 21 districts in Bulgaria for July 29 because of the ongoing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria utilities regulator rules out further electricity price hike delay

July 28, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy

The head of Bulgaria’s utilities regulator has rejected renewed calls from industrial consumers demanding to postpone electricity price hikes until

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President makes case for national referendum

July 28, 2015July 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

There is no more powerful tool to increase citizens’ confidence than a referendum, Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev

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Business 

Bulgaria’s business climate indicator drops again in July

July 28, 2015July 30, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s business climate indicator dropped in July 2015, for the second straight month, after increases in the first five months

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Thracian sword at Bulgaria’s Perperikon among finds in July

July 28, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Archaeologists working at the ancient sacred site of Perperikon in Bulgaria have found four silver coins from the time of

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Europe 

Political, financial temperature rising in Athens

July 28, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The Greek government is in a race against time to seal a deal with creditors on the new bailout program

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