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Day: December 2, 2015

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament passes 2016 Budget at second reading

December 2, 2015December 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian MPs passed the 2016 Budget Act at second reading late on December 2, following a 13-hour sitting, during which

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv court rejects application to nullify 2015 mayoral election

December 2, 2015December 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015, Plovdiv

The Plovdiv Administrative Court has rejected an application by the Coalition for Slavcho Atanassov to nullify the November 2015 election

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Budget surplus at 63.9M leva in January-October 2015

December 2, 2015December 3, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget surplus in the first 10 months of 2015 came in at 63.9

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Europe 

Montenegro invited to join NATO

December 2, 2015December 3, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Montenegro, Nato

NATO foreign ministers agreed on December 2 2015 to invite Montenegro to join the alliance, according to a note on

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Leisure 

Ice-skating rinks to open in Sofia and Plovdiv

December 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia

As has become traditional in recent years, Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia will again offer ice-skaters the chance to take a

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Europe 

Hungary, Greece will not follow EU guidelines on labelling Israeli settlements products – report

December 2, 2015December 3, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Hungary

After Hungary, Greece has also decided that it will not heed European Commission guidelines on labelling products manufactured in Israeli

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Europe 

NATO wants to beef up security along Turkish borders

December 2, 2015 VOANews Nato, Russia, Turkey

NATO foreign ministers are looking at ways to beef up security along Turkey’s border a week after Ankara shot down

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Europe 

Moscow’s allegations against Ankara ratchet up tensions

December 2, 2015 Dorian Jones of VOANews Russia, Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has challenged his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to prove allegations that Turkey is facilitating oil

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