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Month: July 2015

Europe 

Hungary plans tougher measures against border jumpers

July 26, 2015 The Budapest Times Hungary

The government will move to change Hungary’s criminal code to make illegal migration a criminal offence rather than a misdemeanour,

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Business 

Trillion-euro global trade deal eliminates customs duties on 201 high-tech products

July 26, 2015July 28, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Union, the United States, China and the vast majority of the World Trade Organization (WTO) members that were

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Europe 

Europe’s twin crises collide in Greece as migrant numbers soar

July 26, 2015July 26, 2015 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Greece

The Turkish coastline is clearly visible from the beaches of Lesbos island in Greece. And it is from those shores that

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Bulgaria 

Divers recover helicopter that crashed into sea near Bulgaria’s Tsarevo

July 26, 2015July 28, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

A light helicopter that crashed into the sea at Tsarevo on Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast has been recovered from

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Bulgaria 

Fire in Bulgaria’s Rila National Park brought under control

July 26, 2015July 28, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Firefighters were continuing to their efforts to extinguish the blaze in Bulgaria’s Rila National Park on July 26 after bringing

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Bulgaria 

President: We will not rest until those behind Bourgas Airport terrorist attack face justice

July 24, 2015July 28, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack, Rossen Plevneliev

None of us will rest until those who have committed, as well as those whose motivated and organised the Sarafovo

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Bulgaria 

Deal on constitutional changes towards judicial reform ‘a first step’

July 24, 2015July 28, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

The July 23 agreement among Bulgarian political parties on reforms of the judicial system is a “first step”, according to

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Bulgaria 

Private equity investor pulls out of Vivacom deal in Bulgaria

July 24, 2015July 28, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Belgian private equity investor Pierre Louvrier, who claimed to have entered an agreement to buy 43 per cent in Bulgarian

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Bulgaria Videos 

Podcast: Groovy and liveable – Plovdiv, European Capital of Culture 2019

July 24, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria Now Podcast, Lance Nelson, Plovdiv, podcasts

On its way to its place as European Capital of Culture 2019, Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv is quite the happening

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