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Day: December 31, 2015

Perspectives 

Year in Review: Politics in Bulgaria in 2015

December 31, 2015January 7, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, energy, judiciary, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia

Politically, the year 2015 was in the main a good one for Bulgarian Prime Minister and GERB party leader Boiko

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Business 

Bulgaria’s Overgas denies reports of Russian gas supplies cut-off

December 31, 2015December 31, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s private gas provider Overgas said it has received no notification of a halt in gas supplies from Russia’s Gazprom

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Budget slips into 406.4M leva deficit in January-November 2015

December 31, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget deficit in the first 11 months of 2015 came in at 406.4

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Europe World 

Brussels cancels New Year’s fete, cites terror threat; security tight in NYC

December 31, 2015December 31, 2015 VOANews

Brussels’ mayor has canceled the Belgian capital’s annual New Year’s Eve celebration because of a terror threat. “Unfortunately, we have

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Europe 

Europe’s migrant challenge expected to continue into 2016

December 31, 2015January 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Syrian refugees

Europe in 2015 faced its most severe migration crisis in centuries as an estimated one million people – mostly Muslims

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Leisure 

Film review: A Perfect Day

December 31, 2015December 31, 2015 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

The title may be ironic, but the atmosphere of A Perfect Day is laden with gloom and desperation, as it should be,

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