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Month: August 2015

Business 

Bulgarian high court rules against CEZ in class action lawsuit

August 24, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation ruled on August 24 against electricity distribution firm CEZ in a class action lawsuit filed

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Europe 

‘Dramatic’ situation with refugees in Serbia

August 24, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia, Serbia

After huge crowds during the weekend, the reception centre for migrants in Presevo, near the border between Serbia and Macedonia,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria filling stations checks end with under 1% of pumps shut down

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

Bulgaria’s Economy Ministry said that it has finished the petrol stations checks ordered by Prime Minister Boiko Borissov last week,

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Bulgaria 

Nato begins largest airborne training exercise since Cold War in Bulgaria, Germany, Italy and Romania

August 24, 2015August 27, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Nato begins an airborne training exercise on August 24 in Bulgaria, Germany, Italy and Romania, the largest such combined airborne

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Europe 

Thousands of migrants leave Macedonia by train to Serbia

August 23, 2015August 27, 2015 VOANews Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Serbia

Thousands of migrants boarded trains Sunday in Macedonia headed north to Serbia after being stuck at the border for several

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Europe 

Migrants rush past police into Macedonia

August 23, 2015 VOANews Macedonia

Thousands of migrants on Saturday rushed past baton-wielding Macedonian police who attempted to block them from entering the country from

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Bulgaria 

More uncertainty as Greece faces new vote

August 21, 2015 Lisa Bryant of VOANews Greece

Europeans have offered a mixed reaction to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ resignation and call for new elections. Some analysts

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Europe World 

Erdogan to call snap election amid Kurdish tensions

August 21, 2015August 21, 2015 VOANews Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Friday he would call snap elections after the failure of coalition talks and a

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Bulgaria 

No increase in migration pressure on Bulgaria – Interior Minister

August 21, 2015August 27, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Macedonia

There is no current increase in migration pressure on Bulgaria, Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova said on August 21, speaking against

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