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Month: August 2015

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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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s gas inter-connector to Romania runs into new delay – report

August 27, 2015August 27, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

Bulgaria’s much-postponed gas inter-connector pipeline with Romania has run into a new delay, with the company picked to drill under

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Leisure 

Film review: Pride

August 27, 2015August 27, 2015 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post

Way back in 1984, LGBT rights still seemed like a distant dream somewhere over the rainbow. At the same time,

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Leisure 

Film review: Vacation

August 27, 2015August 27, 2015 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post

Nobody ever pretends that the National Lampoon Vacation film series is classic cinema, but with the latest entry, simply called

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