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Month: August 2015

Bulgaria 

Twenty-seven people in Bulgaria’s Rila area infected with brucellosis

August 11, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

A further five people in the town of Rila in Bulgaria had been found to be infected with brucellosis, bringing

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Europe 

Officials: Greece, creditors reach bailout agreement

August 11, 2015 VOANews Greece

Greek officials said Tuesday the government reached an agreement with international creditors on terms for a new bailout. Several details

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry in new agreement on blocking internet sites depicting child sexual abuse

August 11, 2015August 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry said on August 11 that it had signed an agreement with another company on filtering out internet

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Bulgaria 

EC grants Bulgaria 73M euro for border security, managing migration

August 11, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

The European Commission has granted Bulgaria nearly 73 million euro for the security of the country’s borders and strengthening of

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Europe 

Russia’s destruction of banned Western food sparks outrage

August 11, 2015 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The Russian government is moving ahead with the mass destruction of Western food imports banned under sanctions imposed by the

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Europe 

Poland launches power restriction due to heat wave

August 11, 2015August 11, 2015 The Warsaw Voice energy, Poland

As of Monday morning Poland is under a Level 20 power restriction from 10:00 to 17:00, limiting power consumption by

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria foreign trade gap shrinks in H1 2015

August 10, 2015August 12, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s foreign trade gap in the first half of this year continued its downward trend seen in the previous months,

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World 

2015 Perseid meteor shower to peak on August 11-13

August 10, 2015August 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

This year’s Perseid meteor shower is set to peak in the very early morning hours of August 11 to 13.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President formally sets local elections, referendum on October 25

August 10, 2015September 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has signed the decrees that set the date for the first round of local elections on

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