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Day: August 28, 2015

Bulgaria 

Letter of intent signed on Poland maintaining Bulgaria’s MiG jet fighters

August 28, 2015September 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Poland

Bulgaria and Poland signed on August 28 2015 a letter of intent indicating their willingness to co-operate in Poland maintaining,

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Europe 

Three arrested in discovery of 71 migrants’ bodies in Austria

August 28, 2015August 28, 2015 VOANews Austria, Hungary, Macedonia, Serbia

Austrian officials say they have arrested three people connected to the discovery of 71 bodies of migrants found in a

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Business 

Poll sees slightly more optimism about Bulgaria’s business climate in August

August 28, 2015September 1, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

A monthly survey of managers’ opinions about the business climate in Bulgaria has found a slight increase in optimism, boosted

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors request custody for Albanians held as suspected ‘jihadists’

August 28, 2015August 31, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Albania

Prosecutors in the Bulgarian town of Kyustendil were to ask a court on August 28 to order the remand in

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Europe 

Top judge becomes Greece’s first female prime minister

August 28, 2015August 28, 2015 VOANews Greece

Vassiliki Thanou, Greece’s top supreme court judge, was sworn in Thursday as a caretaker head of the government, becoming the

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Europe 

Ukraine buys debt relief, bringing some good news

August 28, 2015August 28, 2015 Mark Rachkevych of The Kyiv Post Ukraine

After five months of talks with private creditors and the unpredictable consequence of a debt moratorium looming, Ukrainian finance minister

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Europe 

US to deploy heavy military equipment to Poland next year

August 28, 2015August 28, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Bases of heavy military equipment of American armed forced will be built in Poland mid-2016, defence minister Tomasz Siemoniak told

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