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Month: July 2015

Europe 

Plevneliev: ‘Crimea is Ukraine, and Ukraine is Europe’

July 8, 2015July 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Ukraine

Bulgaria will work for a strong and unified EU position for ensuring the territorial integrity of Ukraine and supporting the

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Europe 

Greece given until July 12 to make debt proposals at full EU summit

July 8, 2015 Deutsche Welle euro zone, Greece

A special EU summit has been convened for Sunday July 12, after an emergency eurozone leaders’ meeting finished without a

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Europe 

Greece offers bailout ‘improvements,’ angers European leaders

July 7, 2015 Lisa Bryant of VOANews euro zone, Greece

Debt-wracked Greece said Tuesday that it had made “improvements” in its financial plan in hopes of collecting more bailout money,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian police arrest chain store executive on European warrant from Italy

July 7, 2015July 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian police arrested a senior Technomarket executive in Sofia in an operation co-ordinated by prosecutors and on the basis of

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Business 

Sofia taxi drivers threaten protests, road blockades unless Uber banned

July 7, 2015July 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

A day after Bulgaria’s Competition Protection Commission imposed a total of 200 000 leva (about 102 000 euro) on two

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s politicians hold mixed views on impact from Greek crisis

July 7, 2015July 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Bulgaria will not be hard hit by the crisis in Greece because Bulgaria is not a euro zone member –

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Bulgaria 

Borissov tells Tusk: Stability of EU, euro zone, of paramount importance to Bulgaria

July 7, 2015July 8, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

For Bulgaria the stability of the EU and the euro zone is a matter of paramount importance, Bulgarian Prime Minister

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Europe 

Amnesty International criticises Macedonia and Serbia over refugees

July 7, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Serbia

Increasing numbers of refugees and migrants are travelling through the western Balkans to the European Union in search of safety

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Europe 

World leaders await outcome of key summit on Greece crisis

July 7, 2015July 8, 2015 VOANews Greece

All eyes in debt-ravaged Greece and beyond are riveted on a European Union summit set to convene Tuesday in a

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